Feeding and Nutrition :: EEWWWWW! Hornworms

[scripta_elegans]

That was very messy. I gave each of the kids a nice juicy hornworm, and I have never seen such a disgusting mess. It was like a firecracker went off in the worms, and there were horrible bits of gore everywhere! I will certainly give them bigger worms in a different container from now on. Urck!

[SpotsMama]

Thanks for the warning! Spot will stick with food that doesn't explode - like pellets, shrimp, anacharis....

[Safdar]

Haha
i know what you mean

I accidently stept on a worm one day
and all its guts squited out the head

...

[steve]

Yikes! I still haven't tried any type of worms yet... I'll eventually try earthworms... but *gag*

[scripta_elegans]

Seriously. I am not usually to sqeemish, but they made the water cloudy! I thought they might be a little big for the turtles, but they made quick but MESSY work of them. I think I may just go with earthworms. They don't explode.

[turboturtle8]

lol

where did you get them from??

[lotsofpets]

Were those anything like the huge tomato hornworms that can gnaw down a large tomato plant in an hour? (at least that's the picture I have in my head) Huge, green things two inches in diameter and six inches long? Just wondering...

[DavidY]

[marisa]

Earthworms are like spaghetti to my turtles.

[jenaero]

Yeah the hornworms are nasty. I always have to cut them in half before feeding so they don't burrow down in the dirt and cocoon. It's happened more than once and trying to catch an enormous (size of a BAT) hornworm moth in your apartment is no fun!