In Reply to: Re: mealworms question. posted by Sandy on May 26, 2000 at 11:44:47:

Believe it or not, your reply made me laugh. Yes I was being slightly pompous. I apologse. Yes insects shoudl be fed proportionately your vet is right. But I still think 3-4 mealworms a night is in proportion to the rest of their diet.
Some of my gliders are greedy little brutes but I love them anyway. If I stopped giving mealworms each night my guys would NEVER forgive me..It is nice to see just how healthy they are on that diet. In comparison, I fed one half peanut a night for one week and one of my glders just ballooned. Now he is lucky if he gets one per three months. Bubba says thanks as I will remember to give him a half peanut tonight.

: : I still disagree and say give your gliders more mealworms. I see people saying they only give one or two a week that is pathetic. Crickets are far harder to keep, more prone to escape and the gutloading theory is a lot of rubbish. Why do I think that well I am a Ph.D level molecular biologist as is my husband and we both believe that to our hearts and understand the phusiology a lot better than the professed experts. I rarely tout my education but I DO understand the biology here and my preference is for the mealworms. Crickets take a lot more fight to kill and many gliders get overwhelmed by this. I also know that waxworms in moderation are fine to feed gliders in moderation despite the naysayers. I have done this occasionally for all the time I have had gliders.
: : I do stand up and say that 3-4 mealworms per day is FINE and healthy for gliders. People who say otherwise are scaremongerers. I see people who have had gliders for less than a week putting up pages with advice. I would say listen to those of us who have had some time to watch our gliders and learn from time and life. By the way Clara whose page you quote also tends to feed many insects. The info quoted also has no units and so is not worth the space it takes on a web page (Grubco's problem not Clara but she should know better to quote bogus info).
: : Please do not patronise me by quoting old information I have already read.
: : But of course after only four and a half years keeping seven very healthy gliders I may be wrong.

: why thanks for patronizing the rest of us. according to my vet, a selection of insects is best, in proportion to the rest of their diet. but golly, after 27 years of exotics practice and 3 years of owning gliders, he could be wrong.

Follow Ups:

• 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)