Live worms are sure to stimulate your pal’s natural hunting instincts.
Great for animals who love insects, like chickens, hedgehogs, squirrels, and reptiles.
Full of nutritious goodies like protein, fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, and fat.
These live mealworms ship in a cloth bag instead of a plastic cup, allowing them to stay cooler during transit and ensuring more wiggling worms upon arrival.
Live mealworms deliver more nourishment than other canned or dried options.
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Stimulate your insect-loving amigo’s hunting instincts by feeding them Exotic Nutrition Live Mealworms! These worms are perfect for small animals like hedgehogs, chickens, reptiles, and more. Full of protein, fatty acids, and vitamins and minerals, they’re a great way to nourish your pet’s body, while sparking their natural instincts. Picky pet parents will also appreciate that the mealworms contain no preservatives and deliver more nutrients than canned or dried options. For a snack that will satisfy your sidekick in more ways than one, feed them these live mealworms from Exotic Nutrition!
These meal worms can be bred and raised. You can start with as few as 150 live mealworms, but it is recommended starting off with at least 500.
How long can they be stored?
Answer by • Aug 13, 2021
Upon arrival, transfer the worms from the bag to a breathable smooth-sided storage container and place in the refrigerator. Meal worms will last approximately 4 weeks refrigerated.
why did i receive babies?
Answer by • Oct 17, 2021
The duration of the life cycle will depend on the temperature the mealworms are stored. If all goes well, you should have mealworms to use as feeders within about 3 months. The mealworm will stay in the larvae stage for about 4-6 weeks. The duration of the pupa stage usually lasts around 1-3 weeks. Once the pupa turns into an adult beetle it will reproduce and lay eggs until the life cycle ends and the beetle dies. With this being stated, mealworms are constantly growing in size due to being in the larva stage. Colder temperatures will help to prolong the larva from turning into Pupa.
what do I feed them
Answer by • Aug 27, 2021
Add about ½ cup of fresh (raw) vegetables to your mealworm storage container for feeding. Cut raw potatoes and raw carrots into 1 inch x 3 inches pieces and spread throughout the container for the mealworms. The mealworms may pull the food under the bedding to eat it, which is completely normal. Some moisture is necessary for the mealworms to drink. While the raw vegetables contain some moisture, it is best to add more by using Thirsty Cricket (gel water source). To gut load, mix Mealworm Chow in with the Mealworm Keeper at a 1:9 ratio (1/3 cup of Chow per 3 cups Keeper).
Just like guessing the number of M&Ms in the jar at school. I am willing to bet there were not 500 mealworms in my order. However the worms I got were plump and eagerly eaten by my chickens. The value proposition for this product is not good.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Angie on Dec 15, 2022
Great live food
The mealworms arrived timely and healthy. I really like the eco-friendly bag and recycled packaging inside. I will continue to purchase from this vendor.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Jordan on Oct 30, 2022
Overall great services!
I've never had any real issues ordering thru chewy. My delivery date changes here and there but I'm grateful for the products, prices,and accessibility!
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By MelM on Nov 17, 2022
Good Quality
These worms are always a good size and they always arrive in a timely manner. Always pleased with this product!
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
By Debby on Nov 10, 2022
MEAL WORMS
Just was not happy with this....my meal worms were so very tiny and I thought they'd be larger.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By BellaTheCow on Oct 1, 2022
Perfect for my spiders
I have two jumping spiders and these are the perfect size for them. They'll last us a good while.
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By Nana on Oct 29, 2022
For my bearded dragon
Very small not giant not worth the price, majority of them were dead….
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By Prissie on Aug 9, 2022
AWFUL PRODUCT
Most of the worms were dead.. the stench was awful.. I could not get the smell out of my refrigerator.. live mealworms should NOT be mailed!!!!
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Different on Jul 14, 2022
Great mealworms
Ordered the 100 ish package and almost all were alive and really meaty
My pink bellied side necked turtle all but jumped out of her tank when presented with this treat
Very healthy worms
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By BombaTheJungleBoy on Jun 11, 2022
Our lizards love these things!
Down here in South Fla we all kinds of exotic species of reptiles in our yard. I use these mealworms to hand feed a 10” female African Redhead Agama that hangs out on the front porch, I give her about a dozen a day. The worms have survived much longer than I ever expected them to