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Mealworm Keeper 1 lb.

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Exotic Nutrition's Mealworm Keeper is a bedding and food source for mealworms and other live insects. Providing your insects with a high-quality food source will ensure they are getting the nutrition necessary to stay alive and healthy. To gut load, mix a high-protein food source like Exotic Nutrition's Mealworm Chow with your Mealworm Keeper before feeding. 

  • We recommend 1/2 lb Mealworm Keeper per 1000 Mealworms (med) or 1 lb per 1000 Giant Mealworms
  • Bedding and food source for mealworm and other live insects
  • Ensure insects are getting the nutrition necessary to stay alive and healthy
  • Combine with Exotic Nutrition's Mealworm Chow for optimal nutrition
  • Net Weight: 1 pound / 16 ounces

Feeding Instructions: Keep live mealworms in a well-ventilated container. Evenly distribute Mealworm Keeper in the container using approximately 1 cup for every 250 live mealworms to serve as a primary source of food and bedding. Along with Mealworm Keeper, offer raw potatoes or raw carrots to add moisture to the diet. Exotic Nutrition’s Thirsty Cricket is an alternative drown-free water source.

Storing live mealworms in a refrigerator at 45-50 degrees fahrenheit will cause them to go into a dormancy for up to 10 weeks. Remove mealworms from the refrigerator once per week to wake them from their dormant state to eat. Allow mealworms to feed for 24 hours at room temperature, then remove any uneaten raw food and replace bedding before placing them back into the refrigerator for longer storage.

Feeder insects may lose some nutritional value after staying dormant for multiple weeks. It is recommended that you gut load insects 1-2 days prior to feeding so they provide maximum nutrition. Gut loading is the process of feeding insects a diet high in vital nutrients prior to feeding those insects to other animals. To gut load, mix a high-protein food source like Exotic Nutrition's Mealworm Chow with your Mealworm Keeper before feeding. Additionally, you can sprinkle a multivitamin or calcium supplement on insects before feeding to help prevent calcium deficiencies.

Contains: wheat bran

Guaranteed Analysis: crude protein 14.5% (min), crude fat 3.0% (min), crude fiber 12.0% (min).

If breeding, see our Mealworm Breeder Kit or Instructions on Raising Mealworms.

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by Anonymous on September 3, 2022

It’s great but it needs to come in a larger bag - Carina E.


by Anonymous on June 30, 2022

Great for bedding and keeping mealworms alive longer -Tina M.


by Linda Johnson on April 20, 2022

Good service and good worms. They mark the boxes so delivery people know there are live animals and aren't put in the mailbox. I don't think you will be disappointed! - Linda J.


by Anonymous on January 27, 2022

This product adds to the type of food you give them in order for them to keep on growing. - Joel C.


by Anonymous on December 23, 2021

I’ve fished for Kokanee salmon here in Northern New Mexico for years in Eagle Nest Lake and find meal worms to be excellent bait on size 10 treble hooks. The two of us are limited to 10 salmon each day and we harvest 20 every two days between us and smoke them. They average 20” and are definitely worth the effort in such an extraordinary setting! - Gary. L.


by Anonymous on November 24, 2021

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by Anonymous on October 11, 2021

I love the Exotic Nutrition brand mealworm keeper. My mealworms and beetles are very happy living there. Very clean, comfortable, and consistency is great. Beetles are hatching eggs like crazy on it. I will order again and again. - Kaori S.


by Anonymous on October 4, 2021

The mealworms are thriving! - Allyn F.


by Anonymous on August 27, 2021

Excellent product selection and customer service. I am a repeat customer!! -Noreen R.


by Patsy Harris on April 29, 2021

Please send me your email... thanks. Patsy H. [Response from seller: you can reach us at sales@exoticnutrition.com]


by Anonymous on March 17, 2021

Everything I have received from Exotic Nutrition has been great. My worms came and very few were dead. Quality merchandise and customer service. Janine helped me out great deal when I first got started. Great honest company. -Kevin G.


by Bluebird137 on January 21, 2021

I have been pleased since I purchased Thirsty Cricket. During a busy week, I killed my entire mealworm population by not checking the carrots. The carrots had molded, which is toxic. I also had to replace the Mealworm Keeper and the Mealworm Chow. I love all three products. I feed the mealworms to the Wild birds, especially Blue Birds, throughout the year. Learning about the Mealworms' life cycle and raising them from worms to Beetles has become an interesting hobby. -Catherine R.


by Anonymous on January 16, 2021

Love! -Lisa K.


by aclater13 on January 8, 2021

My sugar gliders love them and their always live! -Audrey C.


by Safari_Street on December 3, 2020

Yet another staple that keeps me coming back to Exotic Nutrition (although, there are MANY products like that). I've had no problems whatsoever with the Mealworm Keeper or the Mealworm Chow - I'm a customer for life. Super fast shipping, great prices, and an awesome selection of products.


by Anonymous on September 29, 2020

Everything went well, great packaging and very good products, thanks again! -Joe G.


by Anonymous on August 8, 2020

Quality product with immediate safe & secure delivery. Returning satisfied customer! -Bernard K.


by Anonymous on August 1, 2020

Love this product, definitely recommend🤩 - Keishaun J.


by billtilley on July 29, 2020

seems to work really good at keeping the mealworms alive. You do not have to use as much as the instructions say. When it starts to disappear I add more. -William T.


by Anonymous on May 9, 2020

Keeps my mealworms happy! No smell or mess! Easy for me.. -Susan B. K.


by Anonymous on March 4, 2020

Excellent product for meal worms! I've been a customer for many years, and highly recommend their live mealworms as well. 5 *****'s! -Angela K.


by Peaceofnature on February 29, 2020

After keeping mealworms for many years, I have changed the way that I keep them in a refrigerator with this product. Easy to use and I think that I will give my bluebirds healthier treats. -Barbara C.


by Anonymous on December 15, 2019

Love the product. -Wendi F.


by Tenderone on December 10, 2019

Excellent product that lets me keep my mealworms for much longer than normal. -Tina J.


by bronwynwe on October 20, 2019

Arrived quickly and as described. -Bronwyn W.


by VIKKI on August 2, 2019

I love this site. My feeder mealworms/beetles have become my pets since losing my gecko.. I believe because i order only from Exotic Nutrition thats why my bugs are over 2 YEARS old... They are healthy.. (&Happy) -Vikki


by Anonymous on March 27, 2019

I received my mealworms quickly and not a single dead one in the batch. I ordered a thousand but will order two thousand this time. My Beardies love them. They are like a candy bar for them. -Janet M.


by burrism on January 13, 2019

just what I needed and exactly as described. Thank you. -Mike B.


by John B on January 5, 2019

Excellent product , there were no dead mealworms in the order. The mealworms were fat and juicy to all my pets that eat meal worms. The pellets to feed the mealworms was very fresh. When changing out the meal worm box and adding fresh pellets the mealworms made a mad dash for their food pellets. I am so impressed in the quality and freshness of my order I’ve doubled up on the quantity. I highly recommend Exoticnutrition.com. - John B.


by Anonymous on December 4, 2018

Product was great for mealworms. It's an all-in-one package and does what was described. -Brandon M.


by Anonymous on November 25, 2018

Very clean and light weight and I can sort my bugs like I need to a lot easier with this! -Angelina B.


by Anonymous on August 11, 2018

Really nice product. Light and not heavy, works great, stays clean for quite some time. -Rhonda C.


by Anonymous on May 25, 2018

-Ronda F.


by Anonymous on January 28, 2018

No mess and meal worms love it


by Anonymous on January 27, 2018

Maintaining mealworms for the first time. This bedding has been working perfectly.


by Anonymous on November 7, 2017

Great product


by Anonymous on September 23, 2017

First attempt at mealworm farm. Appreciate the help.


by Anonymous on August 9, 2017

This is our first time ordering this product, to use as bedding and spreadable food. We put it in the mealworms trays and they seem to enjoy and retain their weight. Good product.


by Anonymous on July 18, 2017

works great!


by Anonymous on June 7, 2017

I fish teneesee river back water and little bait fish eat up the night crawlers but they rarely eat many meal worms and catfish love them large and small.

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