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Posted by: Eva And Stefan, glider_house@hotmail.com
Subject: mealies vs. wax worms
When: 2:55 PM, 12 Oct 2000
IP: 64.250.8.131
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my gliders like to eat both the soft white wax worms and the crunchy crawly mealies.
what i want to know is, which one is better for them nutrition wise?



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Posted by: KarenE, KarenElfrank@aol.com
Subject: none
When: 4:32 PM, 12 Oct 2000
IP: 205.188.193.158

Don't ask me to back this up because I cannot for the life of me remember where I read this, but I believe that the wax worms are much higher in fat.
If I am incorrect, trust me, someone will post a correction raspberry



Posted by: Rachel2, SugarGMommy@aol.com
Subject: none
When: 5:25 PM, 12 Oct 2000
IP: 152.163.206.194

Oh yeah! Wax worms are fatty. With bearded dragons they are only meant as an occasional treat. Bearded dragons are about 3* the size of gliders. I would stick to crickets and meal worms



Posted by: nsaulmon, nsaulmon@skyenet.net
Subject: Waxworms
When: 9:43 PM, 12 Oct 2000
IP: 216.206.110.232

Check out the nutrition chart on <a href=http://www.grubco.com/nutritiondetails.htm>http://www.grubco.com/nutritiondetails.htm</a>



Posted by: IrishCreme
Subject: none
When: 10:20 PM, 12 Oct 2000
IP: 209.71.85.89

Here's a few more links containing other bugs that may be of interest...

<a href=http://www.ent.iastate.edu/Misc/insectnutrition.html>http://www.ent.iastate.edu/Misc/insectnutrition.html</a>
<a href=http://www.sonic.net/~melissk/foodnutr.html>http://www.sonic.net/~melissk/foodnutr.html</a>

( raspberry B. this is for U!)