Can I feed T's silk worms?

[brokenpole]

While visisting a pet store outside of Pittsburg, I noticed that they sell silk worms as feeders for some lizards. They are expensive ($0.37 each) but they claim that they offer more nutrition than crickets and other foods.

So what do all of you think/know?

Thanks for all the help.

Sparky

 

[Jmadson13]

In my experience T's can take almost all commercially available reptile foods. I'm sure since silk worms are great for fattening up reptiles they'd be more than adequate for your spiders.

 

[Windchaser]

You should no problem feeding silk worms to T's. I have used wax worms in the past with no problems. As long as the worms are sold as feeders, you should be fine. I would avoid any type of wild caught food.

 

[Digby Rigby]

Silkworm Suitability

Hello,

Silkworms are a very good feeder for any insect eater. Silkworms can be fed to anything that you would feed crickets or mealworms to. I dont use crickets or mealworms. I use many other types of feeders however such as silkworms roaches and Phasmids as examples. You can use silkworms as a replacement for crickets. Silkworms are nutrionally superior in every way to crickets and can also be ordered on line for a lot less then what you are paying now. If you have access to Mullberry leaves all the better. I usually just peruse the insect forum here but I saw your post so I wanted to reply. So to summarize silkworms are nutrionally superior to crickets and can be used to completely replace them.

DigbyRigby@exoticfeeders.com

http://exoticfeeders.com

 

[cacoseraph]

the only problem you might have is some T's seem not as enthusiastic about eating worm-form creatures... maybe they don't trigger the T's tremble sense enough to register as suitable prey or something
but for those that are willing, worms are a way better food than crix (since crix come from the devil, after all)

 

[Arachnobrian]

I have seen "T's" at my local pet store eating them, but have yet to see one of my "T's" eat one.

As I type this my 4" B. smithi is playing with one, but seems hesitant to dig in.

This spider usually attacks everything (adult crickets, superworms, waxworms) but still has not consumed a silk worm yet. I have tried on several occasions, but have yet to see one of my spiders consume one.

 

[Jmadson13]

I'd just keep in mind that they are rather fattening like wax worms I would just err on the side of caution and offer a variety of foods instead of too much of one.