In Reply to: Re: mealworms question. posted by Dawn on May 26, 2000 at 07:17:08:

Please- not that fallacy. I give my gliders four mealworms a night each and they have no problems with fat (for 4.5 years). Peanuts are FAR FAR worse. People have been known to give up to 12 a night with no problems and the Taronga zoo diet. also suggests 10-12 a night. This is a bad bad lie. Mealworms are not the major fat problem in a glider diet and will NOT make your glider fat unless you give them 100s a night. If I could catch the people who spread this lie I would tell them what idiots they are.

: Oops, you're right! I thought she said they were still squirming, but she said "squishy". I prefer smaller quantity so I'm not tempted to give too many -- those things are high in fat, and you have to be careful of that with gliders. Crickets are better.

Follow Ups:

• Re: mealworms question. Sandy 11:33:01 05/26/2000 (0)
• Re: mealworms question. Anne 11:07:24 05/26/2000 (8)
  • Re: mealworms question. Jane 11:31:07 05/26/2000 (7)
    • Re: mealworms question. Sandy 11:44:47 05/26/2000 (6)
      • Re: mealworms question. Jane 16:41:39 05/26/2000 (5)
        • just a little vent Dawn 20:09:53 05/27/2000 (3)
          • Re: just a little vent Jane 10:45:19 05/28/2000 (2)
            • I'm confident in my vet, zoo, and Bourbon's advice Dawn 14:12:30 05/28/2000 (1)
              • You done now?... Ms. Shell 02:21:47 05/29/2000 (0)
        • Re: mealworms question. Sandy 17:38:16 05/26/2000 (0)
• Re: mealworms question. Mary 10:15:10 05/26/2000 (1)
  • I think I wanna feed more of them Kim 10:51:13 05/26/2000 (0)