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Vita-Bugs Mealworms - Large, 100 Count
Description
Mealworms are a great way to provide the diversity reptiles and amphibians crave, and the complete diet they need. Shipped live overnight.
- - Promote enhanced immune response, coloration and improved overall animal health
- - Provides increased levels of Vitamin A and Vitamin E with improved Omega-3 fatty acids resulting in improved Omega-6:Omega-3 ratio
- - Sizes from Mini to Giant
- - Keep refrigerated
- - Scientific Name: Tenebrio molitor
Specifications
| SKU | 110396 |
|---|---|
| Primary Brand | Imagitarium |
| Days to Ship | Ships Next Business Day |
Additional Features
| Personalized Item flag | No |
|---|---|
| Size | Large |
Ingredients
100% natural, American-made, farm-raised mealworms.
Guaranteed Analysis
Moisture 61.4%, Protein 20.0%, Fat 14.3%, Other 3.0%, Ash 1.3%.
Your order is guaranteed to arrive alive, correct and complete -- 100% satisfaction guaranteed! Mealworm orders are covered by a 72-hour health guarantee. If for any reason, you're not completely satisfied, contact us at 1-800-423-2248 to receive a replacement or refund. In order for the Live Delivery Guarantee to be in effect, someone must be at the receiving address to accept and sign for the delivery.
As a general rule, ensure the live food fed to your pet is no larger than the distance between your pet's eyes. To ensure your pet is receiving a well-balanced diet, a mixture of food sources is recommended. Some options include crickets, mealworms, Superworms, Calciworms, Waxworms, cockroaches and hornworms.
All orders placed by 3:00 PM CST Monday through Thursday are shipped the same day. Any order placed after 3:00PM CST on Thursday will not ship until the following Monday for delivery Tuesday.
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A new low in mealworm purchases
Debrannette
No, I do not recommend this product.
Count your worms
Unhappi
No, I do not recommend this product.
Alive and Big
Eliza P
Yes, I recommend this product.
Questions
What is the substrate in the container of Imagitarium giant mealworms sold at PETCO? I have a student with Celiac Disease, so I need to know if any gluten may be in the substrate. The date on the container is 2/3/25.
Can I freeze some of them if my mice can't finish them all?
- Hi platies4life, Good day! If you freeze mealworms they will die. However, you can refrigerate them to slow down their metabolisms as you feed them to your animal. They will not last this way for months on end, however. Thanks
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Can Towhees eat mealworms? Can mealworms crawl out of a dish? Are they bad for my garden? There's a family of towhees in my garden & one of the parents has injured foot & keeps begging for food. I want to give it something more nutritious than seed
- Hi Ruthanda, Good day! Yes, they can eat mealworms in a feeder. We suggest that you contact your local Pet Care Center's avian experts for complete advice. Thanks,
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Can hermit crabs eat live mealworms?
- Hi Dino678; Good day! Yes, hermit crabs can eat live mealworms. However they should only be offered occasionally as a treat and not daily as their main food source. Thanks
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are they alive
- Hi JJMAX96, Good day! Yes, they are alive. Thanks,
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are the mealworms treated with steriods so they don't reproduce?
- I have used them for many years, and have never heard this. If kept at simply room temp, they will turn into the beetles that they are youngsters for. If Petco does not sell a breeding station for them, you can either build one, or look online; easy to find. Hope I was of help, and take care.
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Where do I get mealworm bedding?
- They don't really need the bedding. Buy "vita-bugs" from Petco, and they will come in a nice container. Just keep them at a low temperature, and give them a bit of food now and then - a slice of potato, apple, or other fruits should be fine. If you really want it and Petco does not sell it, just go online and type it in; you will find a number of places you can get it from. Hope I was of help. Good luck.
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And the difference between Vita and regular mealworms is?
- Throughout a vitabugs life they are fed more nutritious concoctions of vitamins and proteins making them slightly better for your lizard than regular mealworms. If you actually go to the Timberline farm's website you will see that stats on the difference in protein ration etc.
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I was wondering how much I should be feeding my pet leopard gecko. He's a hatching probably only a few months old. And I have been feeding him one meal worm a day and like 3 smal crickets. But he will eat up to 6 or 7 a day if I let him. Also I purchased about 50 small crickets and some of them have grown quite large. They would still be considered small. But I was wondering if they were now too big for him. What I will typically do is feed him 1 larger cricket. 1 worm and then 1 small cricket.
My leopard gecko wont eat mealworms. What should I do?
I am feeding my leopard gecko every day and he sometimes he eats nothing like only twice that happened but what really worries me is sometimes he eats 15 mealworms!
Is there anything I can give Lucy for protein besides worms I see she doesn't really care for them
I have an adult bearded dragon that I adopted. I believe he is overweight. How many crickets and meal worms should i be feeding him daily?
I adopted a sick Leopard Gecko from a local pet store. The pet store doesn't take good care of Leopard Geckos. They have dried Mealworms, no calcium, no humidity, and their all crowed in one hide. My Leopard Gecko Geo wasn't eating Mealworms or Crickets. She is underweight and her tail is skinny. I started to get concerned so I started syringe feeding her daily with ReptaBoost. Today I saw her throw up some of the mix. It looks like she was struggling to regurgitate. Also the humidity is high.
Is it okay for leopard geckos to eat black soldier larve or dubia roaches as their staple diets?
I fed my beardie 5 large superworms, 2 horn worms, and 7 medium and large crickets. He chowed all the worms in 30 seconds and ate a single cricket after a minute or two. I have been feeding him this way for over 2 years and have always been told this was fine as long as he doesnt look overweight. He also gets romaine lettuce or kale every day which he usually doesn't touch. My question is, should I be feeding him more? Should I just keep popping in worms until he gets stuffed?
So I just learned from a friend of mine that mealworms are bad for baby bearded dragon because they cause impactions. Hes been eating a mix of mealworms and crickets eating more mealworms than crickets since he likes them and maybe like 3 or 4 wax-worms in total. He’s been very active and just went to the bathroom earlier today but his stomach has gotten quit a bit bigger over the last couple of days do you think he might be impacted? Thanks again for all your help.
Is it ok for my bearded dragon to eat more mealworms than crickets. She is a baby beardie (couple months old) she will eat mealworms before she will touch a cricket.
Is it unhealthy to feed my leopard gecko any form of dried pellets or dried insects? A cricket is 70% moisture so what would happen to the nutrition in its guts when it dries?
Hello, so my 10 month old bearded dragon, Mushu, has been on a diet of both crickets and mealworms for the past 7 months that I’ve had him. When I first got him, I looked up how much to feed him each day, although I did not get a straight answer, so I decided to ask a PetSmart employee and they stated that a juvenile should eat 10 crickets a day, I suspect that she was not a professional since Mushu’s growth is now stunted... Would you know how much to feed him each day? *Thanks