Do parrots like mealworms?

[clark_conure]

I did a search and nothing came up immediately on the first page....do conures and quakers like mealworms?

 

[Briburd]

I’ve offered a superworm to Mojito a few times. (I have a leopard gecko so I buy them frequently)He mostly just plays with it. Crunches it a few times. Takes a lick and then is on to the next new and exciting thing. He attempted to clean the guts off his beak on me and now I really think twice about offering it up again. Mostly for my sake. lol IMO it’s fun enrichment to at least try once.

 

[clark_conure]

TY

 

[BirdyBee]

I've seen a channel on YT feeding her birds live meal worms.

Meal worms are perfectly safe and healthy. If you don't like the idea of live feeding, you can buy freeze dried meal worms.

 

[HeatherG]

I did a search and nothing came up immediately on the first page....do conures and quakers like mealworms?

My gcc loved dried mealworms.

 

[LeeC]

I've seen a channel on YT feeding her birds live meal worms.

Meal worms are perfectly safe and healthy. If you don't like the idea of live feeding, you can buy freeze dried meal worms.

I have my own mealworm farm. It's pretty easy. There are YouTube videos that cover it well.

Mealworms are very nutritious—if they are raised well. A lot of places feed them junk mail, for example, which contains plastics. Or, they feed them vegetables or grains that are not certified-organic, thus contains pesticides. That is why I farm my own.

Most of my parrots found live, moving food to be quite strange at first! They've likely never seen live food before. It helps a lot when one sees another parrot eat a mealworm. Some will bite it instinctively, then release it.

 

[LeeC]

I did a search and nothing came up immediately on the first page....do conures and quakers like mealworms?

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[HeatherG]

I have my own mealworm farm. It's pretty easy. There are YouTube videos that cover it well.

Mealworms are very nutritious—if they are raised well. A lot of places feed them junk mail, for example, which contains plastics. Or, they feed them vegetables or grains that are not certified-organic, thus contains pesticides. That is why I farm my own.

Most of my parrots found live, moving food to be quite strange at first! They've likely never seen live food before. It helps a lot when one sees another parrot eat a mealworm. Some will bite it instinctively, then release it.

Mealworms are supposed to be the new untapped protein source. I have seen articles about my city’s university making mealworm shakes and cookies through the agriculture program. But I’m not eager to try it (especially not the shakes). I have sampled a number of experimental ice creams at the U but doubt I would try mealworms or black fly larvae. I hope the planet is never that hungry.

Have you ever consumed them?

 

[clark_conure]

Nope, never had one.

 

[LeeC]

Mealworms are supposed to be the new untapped protein source. I have seen articles about my city’s university making mealworm shakes and cookies through the agriculture program. But I’m not eager to try it (especially not the shakes). I have sampled a number of experimental ice creams at the U but doubt I would try mealworms or black fly larvae. I hope the planet is never that hungry.

Have you ever consumed them?

I never thought to try them myself. But, now I must. To get the most of the experience, I will do so in front of a parrot that will not try them, hoping they will follow my lead. 😁

 

[HeatherG]

I have my own mealworm farm. It's pretty easy. There are YouTube videos that cover it well.

Mealworms are very nutritious—if they are raised well. A lot of places feed them junk mail, for example, which contains plastics. Or, they feed them vegetables or grains that are not certified-organic, thus contains pesticides. That is why I farm my own.

Most of my parrots found live, moving food to be quite strange at first! They've likely never seen live food before. It helps a lot when one sees another parrot eat a mealworm. Some will bite it instinctively, then release it.

My Lucy Quaker used to wail and cry when there was a live insect near her cage. What a chicken! I would have to find the insect and kill it to calm her down.

I have read that wild Quakers are known to eat small lizards but I bet they would rather have a nice piece of pizza or popcorn.

…it’s time for me to brush my teeth VERY THIROUGHLY. 😝