BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

whats the best internet site for silkworms? and also when i go to the supermarket what am i looking for when they say collard greens? and what do i need to give calcium wise etc?

If it's your first meal or you're in a rush, I'd start with something simple like dogfood.

Collard greens:


Calcium supplements with/without D3 are good to add, especially if your meals may be lacking calcium. If you have UVB lights, D3 probably isn't needed.

Silkworms are a good snack, but I don't personally know a site for them, so I'll leave it for others to answer.

www.mulberryfarms.com and www.costalsilkworms.com

thanks guys what i should have said is are there any good English internet sites for silkworms as i'm in a rush really, cheers

both my sites are in english?

lol no i ment that are based in england

Ohhhhhh. I was wondering where bolton is

Nightphoenix wrote:thanks guys what i should have said is are there any good English internet sites for silkworms as i'm in a rush really, cheers

Why are you in a rush? There's no NEED to feed your BTS silkworms.

Chop up some veggies and greens with some dog- or catfood, sprinkle some calcium and maybe a reptile multivitamin on it, and you're good to go. For several meals.

Worms and crickets and such are good "snacks", but are not staples in a wellrounded diet.

Susann wrote:

Nightphoenix wrote:thanks guys what i should have said is are there any good English internet sites for silkworms as i'm in a rush really, cheers

Why are you in a rush? There's no NEED to feed your BTS silkworms.

Chop up some veggies and greens with some dog- or catfood, sprinkle some calcium and maybe a reptile multivitamin on it, and you're good to go. For several meals.

Worms and crickets and such are good "snacks", but are not staples in a wellrounded diet.

I thought that was just superworms,mealworms,and wax worms were bad. And dew worms, hornworms, and silkies were great?

And susann when are you gunna make that update of ALL your skinks

xxmonitorlizardxx wrote:

Susann wrote:

Nightphoenix wrote:thanks guys what i should have said is are there any good English internet sites for silkworms as i'm in a rush really, cheers

Why are you in a rush? There's no NEED to feed your BTS silkworms.

Chop up some veggies and greens with some dog- or catfood, sprinkle some calcium and maybe a reptile multivitamin on it, and you're good to go. For several meals.

Worms and crickets and such are good "snacks", but are not staples in a wellrounded diet.

I thought that was just superworms,mealworms,and wax worms were bad. And dew worms, hornworms, and silkies were great?

And susann when are you gunna make that update of ALL your skinks

Yeah I thought silkworms were fine for daily I was told Silkworms for daily and the rest not too often, im actually more confused now

Silks are great, but the point others are making is that there are lots of good options for protein - no need for silks. They are great feeders though. You can feed them often. But if you are in a rush just feed dog food or chicken or something else until you get silks.

Mealworms, supers etc aren't bad - just not great staple foods.

have been doing, just desperate for silks now, the rush is more to do with money than actually feeding him

Your BTS will do fine even if he NEVER eats a silkworm. Like others have said, they are great, just not required.

Collard greens are known as spring greens in the UK. You should be able to find them in Tesco, ASDA or most other supermarkets.

xxmonitorlizardxx wrote:
And susann when are you gunna make that update of ALL your skinks

Aaaarrrgghh. My posts always get like mile-long, and I'm always thinking nobody wants to read all that!

I did write A LOT (as always) in Hopeful Herpers post about Olivia, I was hoping that would count.....

Not everybody reads all posts though, so I promise to write my own thread, so everybody who remembers my threads from before, and want to, can get the update.
I make NO promises on the length of the post
You have been warned!