Waxworms

atarasi · Post by **atarasi** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:08 am

Glad that it's been hard to find mealworms otherwise I wouldn't have tried to offer waxworms.! First time that my Gouldians have taken to live food.
From the refridgerator, they are motionless....after they warm up, they move around non-stop. They are very soft, and as I can imagine, easier to eat.

Post by **Sally** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:27 am

Another option would be to try white worms. Don't know if your Gouldians would like them, they are very tiny, but the waxbills seem to really like them, and it is easy to maintain a culture of them.

atarasi · Post by **atarasi** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:35 am

White worms. Good to know. The waxworms ARE rather large.

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:45 pm

Where did you find wax worms or white worms?

B CAMP · Post by **B CAMP** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:34 pm

dfcauley
You can normally get the wax worms from Grubco but I looked on ther site and they are out of stock at this time I guess because of mealworm shortage but I don't know for sure. have you called them any more for mealworms?
BCAMP

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:19 pm

B CAMP wrote:dfcauley
You can normally get the wax worms from Grubco but I looked on ther site and they are out of stock at this time I guess because of mealworm shortage but I don't know for sure. have you called them any more for mealworms?
BCAMP

Yes and they said it would be a few weeks before having any. They are apparently running short of everything! Waxworm, fly larva, mealsworms, etc.... I guess it is the ripple effect.

Donna

atarasi · Post by **atarasi** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:11 pm

I found mine at PetSmart.

Post by **Sally** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:53 am

White worm cultures are available from Connie Gahman at http://mysite.verizon.net/vze3ft62/wings/. It may be too hot to ship them now, though, as they like cool weather.