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Can you tell if this is mealworm or not? I have no idea, because I never see the real mealworm, just photos of it on google, but this is the kind of worm they sell in bird stores for insect-eater birds, each worm is about 5-10mm long.

Yes, looks like mealworms to me.

Sure looks like them ,my finch's like the smaller ones if possible

Still trying to make my finches eat those worm, but they dont even care

Only my owl finches ate them that was until my shaftails had chicks. I offered the Shaftails mealworms and they ate them so fast and so many. Prior to this they would not go near them.

All of mine will eat mealworms some more than others but all of them like the small ones.When they have chicks they really like them

Yes, those are mealworms but if you could possibly find the MINI ones they eat them better. All my will devour them. Even the gouldians eat them, but they haven't had any for a long time.

I had to stop offering them for a while as they were breaking the bank. They would eat hundreds a day. And don't anyone even SUGGEST my growing my own. Be there.... done that.....

I just start to search our forum for how to make them know that those worms are eatable , honestly, I never seen any bird breeder in VN feed their finch with these
All I need is they eat that, dont care much about breaking the bank, hoho, with 1$ I can buy 500gr of mealworms

they sure are mealworm. the best size for your birds is when the worms are about 1/2" long. a lot of birds will only eat the worms when they have young in a nest.

dfcauley wrote: And don't anyone even SUGGEST my growing my own. Be there.... done that.....

Donna, I just threw out my beetles yesterday. (I hope the birds in the yard enjoyed them. ) The breeding takes too long, my finches just eat too many that I could ever stop buying them. And my colony was infested with grain mites again, which I do NOT want in my kitchen!

But I know what you mean. Mine would eat hundreds too if they got them. So I limit them to about 20 or so a day, on a first come first serve base. Whoever gets them in the morning is the lucky one... (I would only increase that when the waxbills would be breeding.)

HoangQuan wrote:Still trying to make my finches eat those worm, but they dont even care

They might be too big. Or, your birds just don't like them. My gouldians don't eat any mealworms either, only the waxbills do...

Ursula wrote:

dfcauley wrote: And don't anyone even SUGGEST my growing my own. Be there.... done that.....

Donna, I just threw out my beetles yesterday. (I hope the birds in the yard enjoyed them. ) The breeding takes too long, my finches just eat too many that I could ever stop buying them. And my colony was infested with grain mites again, which I do NOT want in my kitchen!

But I know what you mean. Mine would eat hundreds too if they got them. So I limit them to about 20 or so a day, on a first come first serve base. Whoever gets them in the morning is the lucky one... (I would only increase that when the waxbills would be breeding.)

Wwhat I did with my shaftails was give them mealies in the morning, lunch and after dinner. I put like 20 out in a dish each time and as the chicks got older cut out a feeding until right near the end i took the mealworms away completely. It is expensive to say the least. When I first joined the forum I did a price listing for companies.

This is what I came up with then:

I have been checking around for prices
this is what I found. some only carry medium others carry a all sizes

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Sunshine Mealworms http://www.sunshinemealworms.com/

(Tenebrio molitor)
Quantity Per Each 12 Or More
50 cup $1.00 $0.75
100 cup $1.50 $1.25
500 cup $5.00 $4.00
Quantity Price Each Quantity Price Each
1,000 Bulk $10.00 20,000 Bulk call to inquire
2,000 Bulk $18.00 30,000 Bulk call to inquire
3,000 Bulk $25.00 40,000 Bulk call to inquire
4,000 Bulk $30.00 50,000 Bulk call to inquire
5,000 Bulk $35.00 100,000 Bulk call to inquire
10,000 Bulk $60.00
Please specify size: Mini 1/4 inch, small 1/2 inch, medium 3/4 in or large 1 inch long.

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Petco on line1000 for $18.99

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Bestnest.com500 for $5.99
2000 for $22.99

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Flukers1000 medium for $7.99 (they are selling 1000 at one time due to demand)

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Exotic Nutrition Pet Comedium only 500 for $8.95
1000 for 13.95

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http://www.duncraft.com/Live-Mealworms--P333C244.aspx2000 for $21.95
5000 for $42.95
10000 for $79.95

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http://www.beechdaleanimalsupply.com/mealworms.htm

500 for $12.00
1000 for $15.00
5000 for $38.00
10,000 for $64.00

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http://www.mulberryfarms.com/super2.htm

*Small Size Superworms (Approx. 3/4"-1")*
50 Small Superworms $4.99

100 Small Superworms $5.99

250 Small Superworms $7.99

500 Small Superworms $10.99

BULK SMALL SUPERWORMS

1000 Small Superworms $16.95

2000 Small Superworms $28.95

*Regular Size Superworms (Approx. 2")*

50 Superworms $6.99

100 Superworms $8.99

250 Superworms $12.99

500 Superworms $16.99

BULK SUPERWORMS

1000 Superworms $23.95
SALE! $21.95!!

2000 Superworms $43.95

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http://www.natureswildbirdfood.com/natu ... lworms.php

Medium only

500 NWMM005 6.45

1,000 NWMM010 12.95

2,000 NWMM020 18.25

3,000 NWMM030 21.90

5,000 NWMM050 30.99

10,000 NWMM100 49.49

I get mine for like 26.00 for 5,000,but I do have to try to only feed to the ones that have young or about to.Just about all of my finchs eat them .This is a very good site to order from they have small &minni
http://southeasterninsectaries.com/custom3.html

Thanks Bill, that is a great price. I will check them out. I dod the same as you feed only to the ones with young. But sometime I give a few to my owls, they love them!