Them lil black phoenix worms...

[BDMom22]

My dragons wont eat them once they become black.
I just ordered about 200 worms from Heidi and only got to use about 50 of them b/c the rest went black and they wont eat em. What do you do w/ yours? some of mine are still moving but the dragons wont eat them! I guess I just toss the entire container into the trash?

 

[gulfbrzdawn]

That's too bad that your beardies don't like the black pw's. How long did you have them before they turned black?

 

[BDMom22]

not very long, these kinda worms never seem to last.

 

[Twobeardieguy]

If your pooper wont eat them, can you breed them? Other wise I would just toss the container then. Or you may be able to sell them to somebody to breed them, not sure though.

 

[Horselo284]

Hey,

That really stinks that your beardie wont eat them if they are black. They turn black as they mature and are getting closer to turning into a black soldier fly. Supposidly, the darker they are, the higher they are in calcium.

I would suggest buying a P. Worms from The Phoenix Worm Store instead of another seller. This way you know your worms are as fresh as they can get and have not been sitting around for a long time. Also, the older the worms, the closer they are to turning black. Medium and large worms are probably going to have some black ones.

I find that my P. Worms will only go a couple of weeks at the most before they start all maturing and turning black. :-/

-Laura