Wax Worms (my Beardie doesn't like them!)

[dianasaur]

I'm trying really hard to develop a healthy, loving relationship between my beardie and me. Today she graduated to slightly larger crickets and I made her a pretty epic salad (some lettuce, shredded carrots, dandelion greens, a few tiny chunks of bell pepper, annddd a little dandelion flower on top). So I decided to get a bunch of wax worms (10 for $1) to bribe her into loving me more. :twisted:
I'm not sure if she was too full from the crickets or what... but she seemed kind of frightened by the worm I put inside. I waited a little bit and after five minutes, it seemed to catch her interest and she spent some time eyeing it suspiciously. Finally she attacked it and tried to bite it but then kind of shook her face and let the worm free. She crawled away and stayed away from it! :shock:
question 1: Why did this happen and should I continute feeding her the worms?

If she does grow to like them, how do you take care of them?:
question 2: I got mine in a small, plastic salsa container; should I relocate?
question 3: Do they eat anything?
question 4: I know I have to feed her the worms sparingly, but what does 'sparingly' mean? Once a day? Every other day? Once a week???

Thank you very much!

 

[rissa]

ha gosh im sorry, my baby hates meal worms. The first time i tried giving her one she snapped it and half and then spat it out /rubbed her mouth on the paper towel probobally to get the rest of the shell out, but i was thinking of trying phoenix worms sometime soon though.

 

[dianasaur]

Yeah I think I'm going to introduce phoenix worms into her diet soon because I know they're very nutritious. I'm probably only going to start with a few because she's extremely paranoid of anything new.

 

[beardie parents]

We tried wax worms on Redrock once. She ate maybe one then she wouldn't eat any more. She didn't seem to like them.

 

[duckyLBT]

dexter loves wax worms haha and hate phenox worms...wants absolutly nothing to do with them so dont make the same mistake as me and go buy $50 worth and then have him not even like them. Phenix worms are expensice too.....you sould try hornworms (i havent seen a dragon yet who doesnt love them) or butter worms dexter loves them too....