Worms.... what are they?

[Louys]

Got live worms from the pet shop. Put 4 wiggling creatures on my Gouldian's regular food plate...... They were curious, looked at them from a distance but did not even get close. So with a great difficulty I cut those poor buggers into pieces and put them with the food. My birds didn't touch them.
Any advice
Thanks

[Sally]

Personally, I don't think you need to feed live food with Gouldians, unless you just want to. When you keep African waxbills, then live food is a must. Gouldians are happy with a good finch seed mix, veggies, and egg food.

[Louys]

Sally
Oh, now what can I do with those worms

[wilkifam]

If someone cut up worms and put them in MY food, I would not eat it either.

[Louys]

wilkifam
Well, I put 2 live ones in their dish, along with their regular sprouted seeds and veggies.... next day the worms were still there happily munching on the veggies.

[monotwine]

HA ha. Yes Gouldian are not fond of worms, unless a waxbill or parrot finch teach them how nice they are.... mine became little worm pigs once they got a taste for them.

[StodOne]

I have no idea where to find those worms here in my parts ,I can get those short fishing worms or maggots (I believe they are called blow fly worms) I am not sure if I can give them those worms as I heard that they can actually eat their way out of the finches crop , so I don't want to take any chances , oh and also that they are filled with parasites.
Does anyone know how one would find one of those worms in nature , or at least the egg carrying beetles?(not the fishing worm , the meal worm)