Mealworm Shortage

[AllGeckos]

Yeah I live down in Phoenix and cant find them anywhere local or online and the ones I do find might have 5 out of 50 alive I have been relaying on crickets and a small amount of wax worms plus my female is gravid so I guess that isnt that bad plus i would rather just use crickets anyways since thats all my other geckos eat

 

[Kristi23]

I bought the last 2000 from the rep store today. I paid $45 with a discount. Ouch! I really hope we can get them online again soon. I know Sunshine said July, but does anyone know if it's the beginning of end of July?

 

[Gecko Ranch]

$45, that's almost 10 gal of reg. unleaded where I live!

 

[Kristi23]

I know, it's crazy! I paid even more than that at petsmart though. I'm so grateful now for online suppliers. I never knew they were so expenisve in stores.

 

[yellermelon]

Man, you do forget how good ya got it till its gone lol. I just paid 24 bucks for supers to feed my geckos for today...usually i pay 40 for a month in meallies.

 

[paulnj]

try going from 20k mealies a week.......

 

[shadowx362]

go on ebay theres a guy whos selling them at an affordable price.

 

[NickOC]

Any real reasons yet for the shortage? Ive heard that their is a supposed bacterial outbreak in either food sources or from packing material (heard both) that is rendering the bettles infertile.

 

[hopingforbabies]

I read somewhere that the feed was altered so bugs would not eat the crops.So I guess the bugs aren't eating the feed.

 

[leopardboy193]

I have been informed by my supplier there is a mealworm shortage. Is anyone else having trouble buying Mealworms in bulk?

Thanks
Harold

yeah my mealworm supplier said that the whole U.S. is short of mealworms.

 

[david13]

i wish my mealworms were ready.. i havent had any troubles with my beetles yet. i dont have many but i got probably 800.

 

[Kristi23]

I just ordered thru this site: http://www.exoticnutrition.com/LIVE-INSECT.htm

Hopefully everything will be ok with them. I was able to order 1000. I just thought I'd share incase anyone else wants to order from them, too.

 

[Ross85]

This is just something I noticed. I have been buying meal worms from a big chain store and they have had thick shells and they were a nice gold color. I just received mealies from an on-line supplier and the meal worms are very soft and almost see through. Has anyone else noticed this or think it is something to do with the shortage or just a different supplier. These mealies I have just don't seem right.

 

[Geckoreo]

I got 2000 giant mealworms from Bassets 2 weeks ago and couldnt be happier.
My geckos all adjusted to them with ease. These mealies are huge, I got them eating 2 a day and thats enough to fill their appetite. \

If you have a colony of only adults, I would recommend them.

 

[bitterbeauty]

I just ordered some from Exotic Nutrition! THANKS KRISTI! You are a life saver.


I tried ordering from LLLReptile supply and I placed the order for 1,000 giant mealworms and paid and everything then they called and said they couldn't get any in from the supplier. Kinda annoying but I guess it was to be expected...

 

[Kristi23]

I'm glad I could help someone else out. I'm hoping this will get me thru until sunshine has them again. We're going to start breeding them if I can get any to pupate. So far, they just die.

 

[Kristi23]

It looks like they are all sold out now, too. I'm glad I got them when I did.

 

[Harmurray]

Any new updates on this situation?

Harold

 

[paulnj]

it'll be a month or so from what I have heard...... GRRRRR

AND I ASSURE YOU, The first 100K I find are coming to NJ:main_laugh:

 

[yellermelon]

double GRRRR