Beanie RES
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Are mealworms good for turtles?
Mine is an RESWhat kind of a turtle? because of the hard exoskeleton, most use them sparingly.
RF's can eat meal worms, but I feed mine the softer bodied insects personally. Wax worms, earth worms, and night crawlers.
Theres no aquarium shop in my town that sell worms other than mealworms .Your turtle would love mealworms. If you have large sliders, you can try Kingworms (giant mealworms). They are also readily available and last quite a long time if cared for properly. I keep my mealies on rolled oats and wheat germ. I use mealies for my Reeves and used to use them when I had four sliders and had no issues personally.
Wax worms are good but can be fattening if used too often. You can try feed butterworms but the same applies. Earthworms and night crawlers, as mentioned above work too.
She doesn't touch any greens i offer her :/Why risk impaction when this is just a treat anyway?
If you have a RES, it would better to focus on what greens to offer as supplementation, not what protein sources can be offered. Good pellet as a staple and greens. Ditch the protein.