Horn worms ?

[Jeremy l]

where is everyone buying the so called fat green horn worms, and are they good for the chams as fas as nutrients (sp) or are they fed as treats

jeremy

 

[ColorCham427]

Hornworms are treats. Try Mulberryfarms.com or Coastalsilkworms.com

 

[PantherVeileD]

man i just got some in today. Most of them are too big for my chams at the moment. They are cool looking and i picked one up and I felt him nibbling on my nail. Feeding one to my veiled right now! Looks like he is slowing going after him. yaeh murberry is where I got it from

 

[danielle609]

I try to find mine at the monthly reptile shows around here, otherwise you end up paying at least half the cost in shipping. If you have time/energy you could always look into starting your own colony. I believe these are harder than say crickets, but it can be done. The other day I was watering my tomatoes and I saw a wild one for the first time..,pretty sweet..but I had to let it go, because the wild ones are poisonous because of the tomato plants
My charms, especially Dizzle, loves these things to death!

 

[AndrewH]

heres a link to a classroom project of breeding hornworms

http://insected.arizona.edu/Manduca/

 

[Chameleon24]

If you could afford it, you could use hornworms all the time. i just started breeding them, chams love them and pretty easy to care for, just feed and clean out the waste.

 

[lbesok]

I hate it when they get too big. Keeping them cooler slows down their metabolism and stops them from growing so fast. The fridge is too cold, but keeping them in a cooler with blue ice packs seems to do the trick