Katmariee98
New member
Hi everyone,
Last week I got my hornworms shipped and there was a black guy in there with the rest of them. I thought it was dead, but it wasn’t. It grew as big and as normal as all of the other hornworms. I tried reading if it was okay or not to feed a black hornworm to my beardie and all I found was that a black hornworm meant they’re dead or dying, which was not the case for this black hornworm, as it was black since I got it but still flourished/stayed alive/grew this whole time. I also read that there are two types of hornworms: blue/green and black. Anyways, this information helped me decide that it was okay to give my beardie the black hornworm, but when I came on this forum, I see people saying a black live hornworm could be septic and carry disease?? I heard you could give your beardie a bath in water/pedialyte mix to be safe. Does anyone have any other suggestions on what I can do to make sure my beardie doesn’t turn ill?? I take my beardie to the reptile vet by my house but they’re no help, so please, other suggestions as well!!
Thank you.
Last week I got my hornworms shipped and there was a black guy in there with the rest of them. I thought it was dead, but it wasn’t. It grew as big and as normal as all of the other hornworms. I tried reading if it was okay or not to feed a black hornworm to my beardie and all I found was that a black hornworm meant they’re dead or dying, which was not the case for this black hornworm, as it was black since I got it but still flourished/stayed alive/grew this whole time. I also read that there are two types of hornworms: blue/green and black. Anyways, this information helped me decide that it was okay to give my beardie the black hornworm, but when I came on this forum, I see people saying a black live hornworm could be septic and carry disease?? I heard you could give your beardie a bath in water/pedialyte mix to be safe. Does anyone have any other suggestions on what I can do to make sure my beardie doesn’t turn ill?? I take my beardie to the reptile vet by my house but they’re no help, so please, other suggestions as well!!
Thank you.