Which Feeder Worms are Best for your Reptile?
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- In this video we compare the nutritional values of seven different feeder worms readily available to reptile keepers. Which are the healthiest for your reptiles at home? The results may surprise you!
Please note that the nutritional composition of each insect feeder may vary from what was mentioned in the video based on alternate sources. We based our values off of the scientific papers referenced below.
*Correction!! Hornworms are 12 for $7 through Fangnfur. I had it swapped. My apologies! That's actually a really really good price!
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Feeder worm nutritional value was derived by the following sources:
Finke MD. 2015. "Complete Nutrient Content Of Four Species Of Commercially Available Feeder Insects Fed Enhanced Diets During Growth" - Zoo Biology - 34(6):554-64.
Finke MD. 2002. “Complete nutrient composition of commercially raised invertebrates used as food for insectivores” - Zoo Biology - 21:286-293.
Indiviglio F. "Butterworms as Reptile-Amphibian Food: Nutritional Content and Care" - That Reptile Blog - 2014 - blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatrep...
(Frank Indiviglio is a herpetologist and zoologist)
Dyck A. "Reptile Feeder Insect Nutritional Breakdown" - Beautiful Dragons Reptile Rescue - 2016 -
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Correction!! Hornworms are 12 for $7 through Fangnfur. I had it swapped. My apologies! That's actually a really really good price!
@Ally Hatter why
@Ally Hatter oh ok
ayyy!! Emily rockin' dat pokemon sweater!!!
Is there a good worm for turtles?
Those are tobacco hornworms and I actually got payed to pick them off of tobacco as a kid. I didn't know there was a market for them.
Love how Emily is legit just getting more and more covered in horn worms as the video progresses
Dom Czernek she does? I thought they just kept escaping slowly
@@stoneforest2639 skip to the end of the video, theres 3 on her hoodie 😂
lol I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out
@@Josh_D78 There is also a hiding pickle rick in almost every video.
Dom Czernek yeah lol
A FEW MONTHS BACK: so i bought my beardie some horn worms, she didn't want them because she's picky so i just... waited for them to die... three of them did but one pupated. I set him up in a 29 gallon and prepared for my moth. my basement's cold so it took him a few months to emerge, and unfortunately his wings had not properly developed. He was weak and i had to help him get rid of some of his remaining cocoon. I named my beautiful hawk moth when he was still a larva: Gregory. as he was disabled and could not survive on his own or fly, twice a day i would hand feed him sugar-water. he gradually grew stronger and never lost hope. he was always very calm and handle-able. by the time his end was near, he was actually able to hover above ground! but then things changed... he lost all the fluff on his abdomen, his wings seemed to be disintegrating (probably from a lot of flapping), and he was weak. but still he ate. then one day I came to feed him and found a wonderful surprise! He (she) had laid eggs! of course I knew they were infertile since she had not mated, but still it was exciting. after that things continued to go normally, until one day. basically i fed Gregory like normal, ran to the bathroom with nausea/cramps and forgot to put Gregory away. I found her passed away the next morning. If you read this far damn, sorry for wasting your time. anyway so I will always remember my dear Gregory, and even though I love all my pet bugs, none will top the bond I had wit Gregory. Thank you for reading.
Charlotte Slater you did not waste my time, that’s pretty awesome!!!
Aw, that was a nice story!
Please don't apologize for wasting people's time. Many people enjoy stories like this and the ones that don't aren't going to be harmed at all by reading it anyway.
Rip
A sad but mostly beautiful story. I enjoyed it.
WOW- sad STORY.
Legless lizards have the same energy as a long furby and no one can change my mind.
ಠ_ಠ
YOURE RIGHT OMG
MADLAD
Aspiring Marauder 😂 omg
Aspiring Marauder what about charge they phone?
FOR PEOPLE LOOKING INTO CRICKETS:
be very careful and DO NOT leave them with your pet unattended. Crickets are surprisingly good at and efficient at killing their predators, especially if its multiple crickets with one reptile. Trust me. It's a bad mistake to make.
Exotics Lair even posted a video about a wild skink that got into his supply of crickets, and let's just say, the skeleton was exposed. Be safe, guys! Please don't leave any live food with your pets unattended!!!
That actually reminds me of this video where someone tried feeding a katydid to a lizard thinking it would be a nice treat....it was....for the katydid. It literally ate the poor lizards face D:
It was all levels of horrible.
can confirm, crickets did that to my two frogs. the person looking after them while I was gone put too many crickets in there unsupervised, and when I came back their skeletons were exposed.
Crickets are surprisingly smart for being an insect, they attack the weakest part - the head. That’s why all the pets that died from crickets have their skeletons exposed. They don’t eat the body since it isn’t their prey
@@doggommm6963 that's actually super interesting; thanks for sharing!
That was a mistake I made that killed all me crested geckos once now it don’t really even buy 🦗any more
My leopard gecko once got super enthusiastic about a hornworm and grabbed it violently and it's guts flew out and hit me in the face 😫
I would have died 🤣😭
I would've ate it no lie
They taste like sour grapes and cucumbers.
@@carebearxox512 really? I hate the gooeyness tho but that doesn't seem bad at all
My leopard gecko bit my when I was hand feeding him
My leopard gecko only likes to eat Waxwormd
I love how fat tailed geckos give that anime type smile when they eat. They’re absolutely adorable
KKryptic have you ever seen a tokay gecko get ready to bark/bite, it’s like they’re waiting for you to get their joke
@@paigecoleman1628 awww
dogocatostudios it’s great isn’t it, she does not like super worms tho, I’m just trying to fatten her up cuz she’s pretty skinny
I know and after it ate it licked its lips, that was funny
@@dogocatostudios8719 you know what's cuter... bay budgie is and a baby Fischer lovebird
0:43
**casually tries to eat tail**
What a silly lizard. XD
I also got fooled by his tail XD
lolz
lol
LMAO
9:35 Does she have...."Seagulls, Stop it Now" as her ringtone?
I see you're a person of culture
Hell yeah
My fav song
Currently heating up a meal to eat, yeah this seems like a perfectly fine video to watch right before eating
Gordon Ramsay: RAWWWWW!!!!!!
@@emilymorrison147 - LOL!
Why not? XD
Yummy yummy in my tummy 😜
Cheyenne Oliver
Was it noddles?
0:46 lol love how the lizard mistaken his tail for the worm😂
Totally DX for most of the video I was so confused, I thought that bastard was a really weird lookin snake
@@Toasted.Pencils lol
8:29 I just realized that the blue on your shirt isn’t a pattern..
Now I can’t unsee it
*A h, I s e e n o w*
With all feeders it's best to buy farmed/captive bred ones, but it's especially important with hornworms! They can be super toxic in the wild due to their natural diets.
I was just about to say the same thing. Absolutely don't feed off wild caught hornworms, and don't feed captive hornworms you intend to feed off what they might eat in the wild like tomatoes, tobacco, etc. Nicotine found in tobacco and in the worms that eat the tobacco is toxic, and tomatoes are in the nightshade family for a reason. They sell premade nontoxic food for hornworms online that you can buy, which is the only safe way to go.
@@caeabw92 aren't tomatoes healthy for them
You can catch a few off your tomatoes, then raise them to make a bunch more. They like to accumulate alkaloids to make them bitter like soloninine and nicotine if wild fed. If you want to give them leaves, kale and pepper leaves are good. OK to let them munch on tomatoes as well.
@@christopherleubner6633 I thought I saw someone say tomatoes were toxic if you feed them to hornworms and then feed to your pets
This channel is so educational, even if you dont have a reptile its just so interesting to watch these videos. Keep up the good work!!!
same I think so these are awesome and interesting videos!
Your right
Agree💯
Emily is actually the reason i now own 3 snakes and finally, after 6 years, built up the courage to hold my 6yr old corn snake. My son won Professor (xmen) at a snakesgiving event from our local animal store and my husband has been caring for and handling him almost exclusively for the past 6 years. I watched how to tame an aggressive snake on repeat for 3 hours and then binged all of her other videos. The next day i got up the courage and held him for 2 minutes. The next day i held him for about 10 while my husband cleaned his enclosure and now i handle him all the time. Emily has given me the confidence and knowledge to be able to care for my snakes if my husband were to unexpectedly pass (heart problems so its a real possibility).
He surprised me with a baby ball that i handle and enjoy daily, on my birthday and i surprised him with a ball on our 6yr anniversary.
Right?? That's me, I don't have any but I just love watching and learning so much!!
anybody else sat looking at the title, trying to figure what kind of "snake" it was, then to realize it was a legless lizards?
Bamboozled again
Nah
"OMG IT'S A SNAKE EPPPPP!!!"
Legless lizard: _Laughs in no legs_
I remember finding Hornworns in my grandma's tomatoes when I was a kid but I always called them Hornyworms 😂
Melody Kloubec I call them Tomato worms
Lol XD
...
Look a mom a *hornyworm*
My new spirit animal
Me: *a hamster owner* watching the blue worms escaping slowly..
The blue worms are called hornworms^^
@@doctorkwack101fan theyre green?
Same but I'm a dog owner
@@mikuenjoyerXD I'd debate that they're a bluish-green
@kate or teal
she has such a way with words, “no longer living”
Me before shipping cost: I’ll pick up some silkworms. They’re pretty cheap.
Me after shipping cost: :(
*eats chips and dip while watching*
so this is just a mukbang for lizards?
I’m eating chips and ranch while replying to your comment.
I’m eating chips and sour cream while replying to your comment
@@mayayourmomgay3580 i applaud this!
@@slightlydistressedslug6627 amazin!
Now I want chips
0:44 “Oh! There’s an even bigger worm over here!” *Grabs tail. “Ouch! Not a worm.”
3:28 I just noticed a pickle rick sticker in the cabinet door by the stove
Me: hates creepy crawlies and doesn't have a reptile
Also me: "write that down, write that down!"
i just wanted to say that i always see your thumbnails and i’m like “man i don’t have snakes but she is so kind that she makes me wanna learn for if i’m ever in a situation where someone needs help with their snakes” so thank you for that wholesome contribution to my day
So true! I didn't want a snake (my son does), but after watching Emily for the last few months, I'm like, "Ooooh, which snakes should we get first?" LOL.
SEAGULLLS! STOP IT NOW! That has to be the best ending ever.
Rockin
Rockin and Rollin
FNAF and Undertale can be friends down to the beach I’m strolling.
@@jacobpope4998 but those seagulls poke at my head not fun I said seagulls...
Its fron star wars bad lip reading
@@loganmaclellan7056 STOP IT NOW
4:45 That false chameleon looks like it's food XD
5:25 I feel bad for any worm chosen by the legless lizard. XD
6:05 That gecko smiles happily when eating his worm. :D
6:50 That false chameleon learned from the legless lizard previously. XD
7:35 Mighty False Chameleon vs Mighty Hornworm! :D
7:58 That legless lizard learns to paint with it's food! XD
This video is satisfying... :D
My lizard smiles bigger uwu
this is so interesting!
By the way, if anyone is looking for a great pet,
silkworms are actually really fun to raise. It is very interesting, especially for kids to see them go through their life cycle (they are super observable) It is also fairly easy to take care of them when they get to about the size shown in the video. We used to have a shoebox lined with paper towels and a mulberry tree and that's just about all you need really. Freeze mulberry leaves to store them, and just feed them a butt-ton every day and occasionally change their towels (Their poops are solid by the way so very easy to clean, fun fact some use their poop in pillows in China, kind of like beans in a bean bag pillow as an analogy) It was very fun to raise them in our experience :) I miss the little guys sometimes.
Worm Pros with my experiences:
Fun to play with when bored
They're cute
It's fun to feed em to animals
I love worms :D (Not the parasites though)
Worm Cons with my experience:
Some escape, explore, and hide somewhere in the house. :)
SciiWizard Your other pets such as dogs and cats can eat them when they hide in the house.
A couple mealworms got out so now I have some Beatles in my house.
lol, i can relate, when i first got my Leo i couldnt stop dropping the mealworms, And thats how i lost my tongs, now i hand feed him
I remember when I was little my mom took me to the pet store because I liked to go look at the animals and while we were looking around I saw the horn worm and crickets (feeders) and I asked my mom why they had the worms and when she told me that they were food for the reptiles I got so sad I bought one named him Timothy, took him home and fed him tomatoes. I took him everywhere with me I even took him on a family vacation to big bear once lol R.I.P Timothy you were a great friend 💕
I tried to breed a half-albino mealworm with a rosey red beetle, which was meant to be food for my gecko. I can't remember what I named them but they died. R.I.P..
Timothy was vibin
the problem with keeping feeders as pets is that they’re usually mistreated beforehand/bred to die quickly because they’re meant to be food. I had a population of feeder silkworms and hornworms and they all died afterwards
This is so cute 😭
0:43 legaloss tried to eat her tail thinking it’s a worm cute
Emily: dont forget to cover your feeder worms with calcium or vitamins!
Me: *laughs in"my beardie despises calcium"*
Same with my gecko
That sounds like the same situation as hiding zucchini in your kids brownies cause he won't eat them.
Is it ok to feed super worms or butter worms to them?
I love how your ring tone is Yoda singing Seagulls from the Bad Lip Reading channel!!!
Wow such a great video! I have yet to cone across a video that really broke down the individual feeders and their nutritional content like this. Brilliant job!!
Can I just point out that excellent ringtone Emily has 😂❤️ love it
A helpful tip: most of these you can buy as fishing bait! We bought butter worms one time before a trip but got rained out and decided to see if our Leopard gecko Nova would eat them. One tuna can sized container was like 3$ and there's usually around 10 worms in eat
flashbacks to Bardio’s First Horn Worm
Tyler Gutierrez “I want you to look back at the container of cute worms and know that this is their fate”
Tyler Gutierrez oh my god XD
Bardiel first poopworm
Shout out to the Hornworm trying to escape during the intro! You go wormy boi !!
THIS CAME OUT A YEAR AGO! I remember watching when it first came out it like it was yesterday!
I don’t own a reptile (to my great dismay) and don’t plan on getting anything that eats worms, but watching their videos always brightens my day so it doesn’t matter.
This is now one of my 4-year-old daughter’s favorite video! She can’t get enough of watching your animals eat! 😂
Haha I made the superworm mistake before, bought 250 and killed them all in the fridge lol. Oops.
Thats a big oof.
How to waste money
rip
me too, lol. my grandma had bought some and put them in the fridge in a container, i fed em to my leo, then i got up the next day and all was in there was the dead bodies of superworms, and the mealworms i had dumped in there, oop
@@fangirls-are-crazy5524 it isnt about money its about taking care of your scaley friends
You know someone is an avid animal handler when they have dry palms lol. That shows how hands on and great you are with all your animals. Y'all do so much amazing work!
I love how much you can tell went into the editing! The jokes and humor are so much fun : )
You should do a video discussing Spider Ball Pythons and what their situation is and such. I think it would help teach about the problems and why really they should stop being bred or less bred
Nah, the spider ball python topic has been beaten to death over and over and over, sick of hearing about it, so many people made videos that it made people care less about it, not more.
@@rdizzy1 I don't think people care less about it; rather, the people who don't care have had to become more vocal to drown out those who do care.
rdizzy1 I think that she discusses it it would get more to listen. She may not have the power to make them go but she does have a bunch of people who watch her videos (like nearly or over a million) some examples aren’t good but others are. You don’t have to care about the particular animal but others do
@@cherrytoothpaste5743 I mean almost anyone that watches this channel has already seen tens of other channels talk about it, it's a worn out topic, those that wish to not breed them won't and those that do will continue doing so.
@@pendlera2959 I mean regardless of the reason, constantly talking about it has made it worse, not better.
My freind just got a baby bearded Dragon. I recommend this channel to her because you are always so helpful. I hope she will see this video and decide on the type of worm they will feed their new bearded dragon.
Hoppers or baby locust are great for beardies :) and they seem to love fruit and veg that's red! 😂
@@jasminpovey49 Thank you for the suggestion. I will tell her today! :)
LOVE THIS VID! I usually love your videos so it isn't really a surprise, but I have often wondered about the different feeder worms and nobody could really tell me anything other than, "Well that one is really good for them." So I thank you for the super helpful info.
thank you so much for this video, i have an amphibian and research about feeder insects is so confusing and varying, but this video explains everything so well!
you’re the best, as always :)
Watching this while a tornado hits us, is so calming. Thanks
I love your videos and they are always so interesting and informing, since I have found your channel I know so much more about how to take care of the pets I want, and hopefully will get :D
I had horn worms in my vegetable garden... I went out one day and all 13 tomato plants (yes I grow an obnoxious amount of tomatoes... I like salsa, don't judge me) had been completely eaten.
Watching your legless lizard eat the horn worms made me happy...
This is really helpful. My vet said that all worms are high in fat but you are honestly the best source of information. Thanks again.💙💙💙💙💙😀
I adore feeder videos! Do you breed some of your own feeders? If so, it would be great to get a detailed video on how and which ones you breed.
Many thanks 😊
Watches video. Right near the end: "WAIT THAT'S A POKEMON SHIRT!"
The hornworms liked the shirt.
Few are passionate about this and you are 1 of the few, love her 🙆♀️🙆♀️🙆♀️
It's never been something I really looked into but I told myself someday I'll get a reptile and I'm VERY happy this showed up on my recommended thank you
Wow! You are just full of info Emily. Thanks for another great video!!
7:56 Jesus, hornworms are so big and dense, it almost looks like he's eating a squeechie 😂
Nobody: Bear Grills: “Look at this guy, absolutely loaded with protein!”
This is the first video I saw of this channel and I am hooked
I love your content, and I'm not that big on snakes. However, watching your videos are making think about maybe getting a slithery friend. Also, totally hip jacket lol
Hi snake discovery just wanted to say your my fave TH-camr!!!!
same i love them they are sooo cool
Yes Emily (Snake discovery) IS THE BEST !!!!
Even a video about worms is entertaining
You guys are the best youtubers ever
So.... No one is gonna talk about how BEAUTIFUL the horn worms are!?!
Silkworms and ESPECIALLY hornworms are so beautiful that I'd have difficulties feeding them to something.
ever get bitten by a horn worm ...it sucks ,literally my least favourite part of my job next to counting butter worms
Lol did anyone else notice the horn worms on her jacket at the end of the video?
Like if you did, love you Emily!
So Much amazing information available on your channel! Thank you!!!
i know this video is old but this channel has kept me entertained all week and i LOVE emily and ed's personalities and i love learning about different reptile and amphibians :D of course the snakes are my favorite but lizards and frogs are awesome too! ive learned so much this past week and all i talk about is snakes haha, my parents hate it
Sadly I gave my baby bearded dragon and wasn’t aware of mealworm impaction, and I lost him )’: I wish I would’ve saw this before he died :(
Who else saw Thomas the salamander??
Only OG fans know
Love u Emily
Hah, I love how at 9:10 the salamander nommed on the tweezers in his excitement!
This video is awesome and so educational!! At first I wanted to use meal worms but from the low fat and high protein levels I like butter worms!! Your videos are amazing and keep up the good work!!
I think silkworms are not often used as feeder because they're essential in making silk so sericulture is more focused on that. I love silkworms though, they're so cute and feed a lot of mulberry leaves ♡♡
It is not surprising that the protein content is high. Silk is made of protein. (Thats why you need special laundry powder.)
Me: *wants snake or frog. Has tomato plants and tons of rats in town*
Me again: MOOOOOOOMMM I WANT A SNAKE OR FROOOOOOG
I know you were probably just joking but just in case don’t feed your reptile wild insects or rodents because you never know what parasites they have. But I’m sure you already know that.
I've gotten addicted to this channel!
You can extend the shelf life of your feeders by keeping them in a temp-controlled micro-fridge. We purchased a skincare fridge and keep it at 60 degrees which keeps the growth minimized (we use it for hornworms, mealworms, and waxworms).
Love the videos 🥰 keep up the great work 😂
This was soooo helpful thank you for the vid!
The snake with the lizard face IS THE CUTEST THING IVE EVER SEEEEEN 🥺❤️❤️❤️
It’s a legless lizard, not a snake.
Nighting Gale bahaha lol thanks for the info 😂
Your legless lizard is the cutest thing ever 🥺
I'M SO EXITED FOR YOUR COLAB WITH CLINT. GOT MY NOTIFICATIONS ON!
Lincoln Wise SAME
Was that a Bad Lip Reading song that I heard as your ringtone? Lol Gotta love singing Yoda 😂
Best ringtone EVER
I love how one of the legless lizards (I think it was leggaloss) mistook her tail for her worm! That was adorable!
Emily, you are very useful to me! I have two leopard geckos and now I know what to feed them. I enjoy subscribing to you! Keep it up! Greetings from East Chicago!
@@fionashepley478 not anymore
@@fionashepley478 I have both a male and female, they were stressing each other out, so I moved them to separate enclosures
We have a tomato farm, heck you horn worms
U can sell those horn worms
Shy Surbhi k9 agreed
love how the hornworms are spreading everytime we see Emily on the camera
Thank you so much for all this juicy information. I tried to find their website I would like to try some butter worms but I had a hard time finding them.
Honestly butter worms really aren’t a good feeder, they’re extremely fatty and unhealthy (similar to waxworms).
I'm pretty new to your channel but I love your videos and this is helpful information since I'm planning to get a bearded dragon soon
This is a educational video and me loving snakes and gonna get one
when I’m older this helped a lot thank you love your videos keep up the great work!
Most snakes don't eat bugs, though. The legless reptile in this video is a legless lizard, not a snake.
Well I’m going to get snakes and lizards
0:43 Hey Worm!
Oh wait, that's My worm.
Emily. your phone ringtone. it brings a tear (of happiness) to my eye.
Silkworms and Hornworms are so cool to me!
They just look really interesting!
i love your subtitles they are so funny
I own a bearded dragon
He’s the best thing ever
Why did you mention your bearded dragon
ian westby: I- he just wanted to...
Thank you sooo much for this video its really helpful im thinking of getting a reptile i love your videos 😊
This was super helpful! The pet stores near me are selling 50 small mealworms for $10-20 it's crazy. Thank you so much for saving my bank account
I love your videos thank you for another amazing one!!
May I ask why there was a pickle sticking out of your cabinet at 3:30?😂😂
I recurring thing on this channel is "find Pickle Rick" just for laughs
This is very helpful I’ve been feeding my gecko Mealworms for quite the bit and know know it could hurt him so I’m switching it up now Ty and love your vids
OK you have now helped me get over my fear of snakes, I now love your bleleles (from a distance still). But now you are working on my worst fear ever: worms. I umm. I managed to watch this video, so good first step.