Reptiworms?

I was reading this just the other day on Mulberry Farms website. They just started carrying them:
WHY BOTH YOU AND YOUR PET WILL LOVE REPTIWORMS™:


Ready to serve, with no need to dust or gut load before feeding to your pet.

Naturally nutritious, high in calcium, low in fat.

Approximately 20 - 60 times more calcium than other commonly fed feeder insects.

Ideal 1.5:1 Calcium:phosphorus ratio.

Contain high amounts of lauric acid which helps battle diseases such as Coccidia.

No need to culture them.

No need to feed them.

Stay fresh in their cup for two-three weeks at room temperature (see below for extended storage instructions).**

Do not make noise.

Have no odor.

Will stay in a jar lid--no escapees!

Wiggle intensely, which will excite and entice your pet.

Herps readily consume and relish them.

Will stimulate the appetite of animals that do not readily feed -- great for picky eaters!

Sized to satisfy most pets, including dart frogs, geckos, bearded dragons, chameleons, turtles, birds and more.

The superior nutrition of ReptiWorms™ is great for hatchlings, helps gravid females or those who have just laid, and may halt or even reverse metabolic bone disease.

ReptiWorms™ are perfect for the person looking for an alternative to crickets, superworms, mealworms and waxworms.
 
Well this is a little disappointing. My female veiled shoots them but then drops them. The male panther hasn't tried them yet. Usually takes him a while to warm up before he tries to eat anything. Gotta go to work so hopefully the food cups are a little more empty when I return!
 
How big are the worms? I'm not sure why I keep thinking they are really really small....can you buy different sizes?
 
I'm gonna estimate they are no more then 1/3 of an inch, at least the ones I have. And if you google them, they are offered in different sizes. I got mine from a local shop and picked up 200 just to try them out.
 
Phoenix worms, calciworms, etc are all the same. They are soldier fly maggots/larvae/grubs. Yes, you can feed them stuff but you don't have to. The ones I get seem to like lettuces the best.
 
I gutload mine but you dont *have* to - the reason I gutload mine is because they make up the main bulk of my little guys diet
 
I don't think they are all that great enough to make up a single feeding unless maybe you have a baby. How old is your animal? Species? Gender?
 
Yeah, it's probably not worth trying to feed that many to him. If he will eat them, give him a few then feed him something else. Those maggots would destroy your wallet if you tried to use them for a decent meal for your male.
 
I am just trying to find something to change up his diet. I was recently given Leroy and all he has ever been fed was crickets. I think he would enjoy a change and I think it would be healthy for him.
 
Yes, change is good! I would get silkworms, hornworms, roaches, etc. Though. They get bigger and are more appealing to larger chameleons.

When you feed him the Reptiworms, make sure he punctures them or they may come back out looking the same as when they went in!
 
I have a 4 month old and I give him about 15 Reptiworms because they are so tiny. I can't imagine only feeding Reptiworms to a larger Cham... I ran out of Crickets a couple of days ago so had no choice but i'm waiting on a few feeders. I did the same, I fed a few Reptiworms while at the same time feeding a couple of crickets and a Buttworm.:)
 
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