Question: Mealworms

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Do you have to prepare them in anyway or can just just give them to your axie whole?
 
Hi Moomin,

Mealworms should only be a very occasional treat as they are hard to digest and nutritionally deficient.

The mealworm must be decapitated before feeding to an axie as it has strong mandibles capable of chewing through an axies internals.
 
You can just drown the worm first, too. Put it into water for a couple of minutes until it stops moving before you feed it.

-Eva
 
If you drown it can you feed it whole?
 
Certainly.

Just don't drown them a day before or anything, but right as you want to feed them. We don't want to feed any rotten food. ;)

-Eva
 
I usually just cut their heads off. Better fresh! They shouldn't be a staple diet though. I feed them axolotl pellets and blackworms:D
 
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