Phoenix Worms have bad odor?

[oliver21917]

Today, I went to give my beardie his phoenix worms, but when I opened the container I noticed it had an odor that smelled like ammonia. I received these last week. Has this happened to anyone else before? And is this safe for my beardie to eat?

 

[AngelsAnimals]

I don’t have any experience with phoenixworms ( yet ), but I believe the smell is from a dead worm/s

 

[CooperDragon]

Yeah I've had them smell like that too. Doesn't seem to be a big issue. Sometimes I'll leave the lid off for a while to help ventilate a bit better than the small pinholes in the top can do.