[BADGERS MUM]

finally found a website that sells butterworms online,was about to order after i read thro some bits and this woman reckons when dead butterworms produce acid that can melt plastic! :shock: surely no good for reps if thats the case,pls shed some like on this if you have any inside info so to speak,i really wanted to get eddie some now im off on a panic again :roll:

 

[Kerry1]

I don't think it's true. I've had dead butterworms before in the pot they were delivered in and they just smell horrid, no melted plastic!! My leos love butterworms and they are a good source of calcium, so feed away

 

[Art_Gecko101]

i believe butterworms are the same as whats also called Tebo's. Try www.pollywog.co.uk he has a livefood site set up for Tebos and Phoenix worms.

 

[BADGERS MUM]

thanks for that think they go under various names,ive heard trevo but ill look on that site i know they are quite expensive but meant to be the best live food for leos.

 

[welshgaz]

Think that's a bit of urban legend or something myself... I've feed butterworms before with no consequences....

 

[K.J.Geckos]

yeh i have never herd of it.think its like the meal worm myth about them eating through their stomachs. :wink:

 

[Anthony]

meal worm myth about them eating through their stomachs. :wink:

That's true !
It happened to someone on here

 

[welshgaz]

meal worm myth about them eating through their stomachs. :wink:

That's true !
It happened to someone on here

No its not! Who was it?

 

[Anthony]

Yes it is, i know of 2 people this has happened. The person who it happened to on here. It was a green anole and the other off the forum was a bearded dragon

 

[Blazey]

yeh anthony isnt tellig porkies, though i thought it was a waterdragon someone said had died from it.

 

[oldelpaso]

Urban myth! :roll:

 

[Blazey]

Even if it did smell a bit plasticy, its not like it IS plastic lol, its just the bugs bodily fluid and oils and most things dont smell nice when theyre dead anyway.

 

[welshgaz]

Yes it is, i know of 2 people this has happened. The person who it happened to on here. It was a green anole and the other off the forum was a bearded dragon

Sorry but I just don't believe it! I think it was probably something else other than a mealie..... I'd like to see the posts on it though if you can find them?

 

[Blazey]

just been looking for tehm myself but i acnt remember who it was who said it. it does exist though cuz i remember people even saying that they never thought it was really true.

 

[welshgaz]

I personally believe that it was something other than mealies eating there way through the stomachs.... but if someone shows me proof I'm willign to change my mind!

 

[oldelpaso]

The mealworm thing is pretty much rubbish, like the acid melting butterworms...

Yes there's been cases of mealworms eating their way out of lizards, but these were either already dead or well on their way as they were ill. If your lizard is healthy and in good shape there really isn't any risk :roll:

 

[Blazey]

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=16011

there the link to the person, with the sounds of it, its exactly what anthony meant, though its not an anole, its a skink

 

[oldelpaso]

As far as factual reports go, that one doesn't really leave me convinced... :?

 

[welshgaz]

Thats just an account of someone claiming it happened to there skink... theres no factual evidence supporting it. Theres not even a picture

 

[Blazey]

im just showing u that anthony isnt lying. I dont particularly beleive it as i feed morios to most of my reptiles and dont crush their heads. I think a reptiles stomach acid is enough to kill a bug before it has chance to start nibbling its way out of a reps stomach.