Silkworms?

[SailleSkinklover]

Hi guys,
My pet store finally got my special order of silkworms in, and holy cow!
These things are big! A couple of them are really fat and a good 2-2 1/2inches long! And the worst thing? As of right now, Chuffie's not interested. I'm going to try again tomorrow morning, as it is getting late to feed him.

So here are a few questions, Bluey related:
1.) Does anyone have experience with their Blueys not liking/wanting to eat silkworms, or butterworms, or even waxworms? (Chuff likes wax worms, but I know they're not as good as the silkworms)
2.) if your Bluey was picky at first, did you manage to get them to eat eventually or was it a lost cause? (I know they're like people, with different likes and dislikes!)
3.) How did you stimulate your Bluey into eating worms?
My last question, not necessarily Bluey-related:
4.) Has anybody with Geckos ever fed silkworms and how were they received? (aggiegirl? I know you asked for pics of my white-lined/skunk gecko, I just have to get good pics without being yelled at or bitten!)

Also, I have so many wormies, (50 count, I didn't know the pet store was ordering that many, I thought more like 25!) and some are so HUGE, so I am wondering, is there anyone in my area of Western WA in the general vicinity of Seattle that wants to share these with me?
(I work in Bothell, live in Everett!)
Or, are any of you folks in Oregon coming up North any time soon? If so, I could meet you somewhere if you want some of these!

I almost hate to feed them to my guys, these silkworms are actually kind of cute! they're kind of squidgy and soft. (
I'll try and post some pics tomorrow, my home computer won't recognize our cameras for some reason!)

[Jenn]

Were the silkworms moving around? I would definetly try again. None of my guys have turned up silkworms but they have turned their noses up to butterworms. They have eaten them since then though. I would offer them again tomorrow and if he turns his nose up to them again mix them in with his food and see if that works. My lepord gecko loves silkworms.

[SailleSkinklover]

Hi Jenn,
Yup, the silkworms are/were wiggly. I'll try again tomorrow and see how it goes.
Saille

[LittleFoot]

LittleFoot turns his nose to silkworms everytime I offer them to him. I ordered them from Mulberry and tried to give them to him over the course of a couple of days. He wouldn't even sample one. I tried a month later, and same thing, he turned his nose to them. He LOVES waxworms though and earthworms. Those are the only two live prey that I am giving him atm with the exception of the occasional snail. He also loves fuzzy mice, but only the white ones. He won't eat the parti-colored ones.

[SailleSkinklover]

Thanks for the replies!
Pippi, so what did you end up doing with your left-over silkworms?
Thankfully, my little white-lined gecko likes them, but he's pretty small, I don't know if he could even eat some of these larger silkworms!
I guess I need to get another lizard that likes them?!?

[LittleFoot]

Thanks for the replies!
Pippi, so what did you end up doing with your left-over silkworms?
Thankfully, my little white-lined gecko likes them, but he's pretty small, I don't know if he could even eat some of these larger silkworms!
I guess I need to get another lizard that likes them?!?

My brother in law lives nearby and has bearded dragons and leapard geckos that ate them.

[Steve]

I feed silkworms to my leopardgeckos frequently... good stuff!

[suez]

Hi my geckos love silk worms they are great feeder insects but Loui my blue tongue wont touch them i also have berber skinks they love silk worms too as well as phoenix worms cutter worms and butter worms all great feeders but if your skink doesnt like them if anything like my Loui he never will.Ican only buy them in 50s dont waste them find a freind with reptiles or feed them to the birds they love them