Sentences with phrase «mealworms for»

A treat caddy kept on hand to help with that includes mealworms for chickens, Cheerios for rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas and dried fruits for rats and parrots.

Living on a secret island, Nim and her father eat mealworms for dinner, are exposed to violent tropical storms, and have their beach invaded by passengers from an ocean liner who show up in bikinis.

Her team also considered growing mealworms for food, but ran into problems: «In the end we decided against it, because apparently they're little escape artists.»

Not exact matches

When comparing beef versus bug protein pound for pound, cattle need 10 times more land than mealworms.

Mealworms, termites, beetles and ants: Diets around the world feature insects for protein, yet bugs on the menu make a Westerner's stomach turn.

And mealworms might not be the first choice for an extraterrestrial protein source.

In a test of motor skills, for example, the birds learned to flip plastic lids covering wells in a wooden board, one of which had a tasty mealworm at the bottom.

As for recommendations, Oonincx says that mealworms are great in a quiche, but he prefers house crickets: «The structure and flavor are best.»

To find out more, they analyzed video and audio recordings of bats» flight paths and calls, while male and female big brown bats flew alone and in pairs foraging for tethered mealworms.

Now, the honor for strangest food I've ever eaten would go to fried mealworms, though I don't recommend them nearly as much as delicious fermented foods (though they are a good source of protein).

I put nuts, seeds, fat balls and mealworms out for them to attract different types of birds.

Other food that can be offered sparingly to birds includes proteins, such as plain cooked eggs and mealworms, which can be a real treat for some species.

They are strict insectivores and thrive off a diet of crickets and mealworms; for variety, they can occasionally have a wax worm but not too many because they are very fattening.

If you want to have a White's Tree Frog you will need to be comfortable with feeding live crickets and mealworms which is the appropriate diet for this frog.

Feed them boiled egg, bits of cooked unseasoned chicken or beef, mealworms (usually available at high - end pet stores) and fruits or vegetables rich in vitamins A (natural A is good) and E. Broccoli, sweet apple (as opposed to sour green apple), cantaloupe, and peas are all good fruit and vegetable choices for your hamster.

Mealworm is okay for dwarf hamsters.

Plan to feed your Gecko live crickets and mealworms dusted with a vitamin and mineral supplement formulated especially for them.

SUPPLEMENTS It is important for retailers and customers to understand that a diet made up solely of crickets and mealworms is simply not diverse enough to sustain vigorous herps and promote long lives.

Meat can be a good source of protein, and boiled eggs, mealworms and manufactured egg foods are great for birds, especially if they are going to be bred or are feeding young.

Commercially prepared egg foods, like biscuits or crumbles, as well as hard - boiled eggs and mealworms are important sources of protein for finches and should be offered all year round, but especially when breeding.

Zophobas morio get much larger than even giant mealworms and are a great food source for adult bearded dragons, monitor lizards, tegus and even turtles.

Mealworms of the Tenibro genus can be stored for weeks or even months in a state of brumation in a standard household refrigerator, making them an ideal prey item to stock.

Mealworms can be fed in open trays for wild birds.

We were also the first to use fiber cans for the packaging of mealworms and other feeder worms.

Stanford researchers have discovered that the mealworm can subsist solely on a diet of polystyrene, producing wastes that are safe for crop fertilizer.

Austrian designer Katarina Unger of LIVIN Studio, who previously created a prototype home incubator for black soldier flies, is now crowdfunding LIVIN Farms Hive, a desktop hive for edible insects, namely mealworms.

The closed system comes with fans and sensors to create a controlled microclimate, perfect for cultivating protein - packed mealworms.