How do you feed mealworms to a T?

[Kevmaster06]

the title says it all...

 

[dianedfisher]

Depends on size of the T. For slings you can cut them into pieces. I usually remove the heads, just in case. For larger T's I use a tongs and just dangle them in front of the T until it grabs it. Di

 

[Moltar]

I drop it directly in front of the t and lurk with tongs prepared to grab it if it tries to dig. That means of course that the T must be hungry and ready to eat. I tried cutting off their heads but they don't move around very much after that so there's nothing to trigger the predatory instincts.

 

[lil-blu]

I only feed meal worms to my best eaters. once i droped one in my L. parahybana tank and she missed, the little bugger dug right in. well about a week later, i walk in the t room and hear a crunching, look in her tank and sure enough she got an afternoon snack
but now i just feed to those who will take it from my tongs so i don;t have to worry.

 

[Moltar]

Kill the mealworms first. Use them as fertilizer to grow vegetables in the garden. Then you feed those veggies to your roaches and feed the roaches to the t's.

Simple!

 

[Kevmaster06]

Well the Ts in question are about 4 inches, 5.5 inches, and roughly 4.5 inches

 

[jblayza]

i used to feed my rosea mealworms in a shallow dish.

 

[Kevmaster06]

yeah, thats what i was thinking about doing. But should i put it near her borrow/dugout sarea? Last time i preposed this idea it was shot down extremely quickly.:wall:

 

[Kevmaster06]

Kill the mealworms first. Use them as fertilizer to grow vegetables in the garden. Then you feed those veggies to your roaches and feed the roaches to the t's.

Simple!

lol that works

 

[ctsoth]

I would suggest putting the meal worms and the T in separate hands, and slowly bring them together until your hands touch.

 

[jblayza]

i'd just put the dish in the corner and gently guide my T towards it with my finger from behind as if i were guiding her onto my hand.