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Terrified of worms!

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letsgetsmiling

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Anyone else's axie completely terrified of worms?? I tried Falkor on them today for the first time. He's about 5 and a half inches now. Dropped it in at his feet... as soon as he realised it was moving he took off like a shot! Twice! Almost ended up flipping out of the tank, the daft thing. Swirled it in some hot water to kill it, then dropped it back in... gobbled it up instantly! Although I think I'll have to cut them in two next time. Seemed to take him a while to swallow it and he flipped out again near the end. Not looking forward to that!
 
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Have you tried cutting it up? I've seen some other threads about the worms being too big, or even the taste being odd! I found this thread that sounded very similar to your problem :) Hopefully this helps, let me know how it goes!
 
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He's totally fine with them now :) Think he just got a bit freaked out by the movement at first. Now he'll catch them before they even hit the sand! I'll cut them up if I think they might be a bit too long, but he doesn't seem to have much of a problem swallowing them :) Still not loving that I have to do this, but I'm happy that he's taking to them so well and has the best chance to be nice and healthy.
 
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