What you fed your mealworms equals to what your hammie get from eating the mealworms, well, practically...

Choose the largest mealworms so that it won't have enough time to turn into pupa.

Worms won't sick oso lah i guess
Never know an insect which could be ill like fever

This post has been edited by UNDERGROUND: Jun 28 2008, 07:56 PM

Yes, we ask you all to gutload 2 days before feeding so that they can poo out all the dunno what food the mealies shop give them and fill themselves with nutritious food you want your hamster to intake. Which is fruits and vege la.

Robos are really small... Maybe 2 each a day?

not fever or such illness. let me give an instance, let's say the worms are in different color than others? some only i guess, in white color, but the rest are in yellowish brown color? is that mean they're not healthy?

thanks for your reply anyway.



i gave them vegies only so far, and it dried in one day, incredible water sucker

haha, those white ones mean they just shed their skins, so it's white. the darker ones are the ones that are going to shed. If i'm not mistaken.

oh and if they just shed their skin, means it's easier for your hamster to digest as the exoskeleton is softer.

This post has been edited by neshie: Jun 28 2008, 08:32 PM

Yup I think so too~!

Roche particularly likes mealies that just pupate, still soft and white but already a pupa.

My mealies with me for 3 weeks jor, RM 1 still not finish. Almost everyday now will find mealies that just pupate.

Really? I like seeing the white ones. So, white!

Omigod? the ones that become pupae already??
my hamsters dun like. hahahaha.

YEAH! like so freaking white...
if those mealies look white all the time then very pretty. hahaha.

so means they're safe? great news to my hammies! i bought Rm1 also, like 1 spoonful, at least 50 pieces of them i think.. two pieces a day is a proper diet to them? what if i feed staple foods and fruits & vegies as well? they looks disgusting to me, but my hammies never loose these worms off their mouth once they get a piece of them... the wormies struggle for life while they're chewing it.. feel like wanna vomit when i saw that for the first time, anyway, my goodness they like the wormies.

i know, i know.. i gotta conquer the fear

If it's white you guys will say it looks like maggots, very disgusting.

She only like those that NGAM NGAM become pupa. Those yellowing pupa she don really like. Ferro also like those ngam ngam become pupa de.

i have another question, can i feed them(mealworms) bread?

if i do, will it give any harm to hammies?

This post has been edited by kmao: Jun 28 2008, 08:56 PM

dun feed bread lu, not much nutritional value.
i usually feed vege's. now i added cat food.

LOL u felt like vomiting?
disgusting if seen in a huge amount la. hehe

no woh. maggots very small. so so different from mealies.

ohh. nowonder..

Well... The idea is, whatever you feed them go to your hammies. Based on that, the question is, do you want to feed a lot of bread to your hammies?

If feed the hammie mealworms everyday, it won't get obese ? Or not healthy ?

I mean if fed on daily basis...

if u feed like more than 4-5 a day sure obese and fattening lor.
Usually we all feed like 3-5 a day only.
Mealworms are a source of protein, like humans, if we eat too much meat will we be obese and unhealthy right? So we need a balanced diet, like hammies also lu.

Won't la. Make sure you don't feed too many. Limit syrians to about 4 or 5.

I feed on a daily basis. 4 each for both my syrians.

ehh... i don't get what you mean.. but i feed mealworms with gardenia bread, looks nutritious to human...

But the human not eating mealies ma.

What I mean is, your hamsters will get the nutrient of the things your mealies eat. In other words, if your mealies eat fruit and vege, your hamster will get the nutrient of fruit and vege from eating the mealies.

Understand?

Oh i see, then you still give your hammie staple food ?

Then will their poo become more smelly compare to being fed with normal staple food ?

Yeah i do, but only a little, cause always got leftover.
Poo got smell wan ah? haha, i dun think will be smellier.

Of course staple food must give. Their dry food, smoothie, everyday is a must. Mealies is extra protein.

No smelly la. Same as usual lor.