It's easy to feed mealworms to your pet. But first, you need to coat them in calcium powder. This helps balance the amount of phosphorus that they contain, because too much phosphorus in the diet can cause animals to stop absorbing calcium correctly. You can do this by sticking the worms in a paper or plastic bag with some calcium powder inside and gently shaking until they are evenly coated.

Once the mealworms have been dusted with calcium, place them in an escape-proof bowl for your pet to eat from, or you can try hand-feeding them from your palm or with a pair of soft-tipped feeding tweezers.