Waxworm Issue

[SundaeBest]

Hmm... I bought some waxworms for my beardie earlier today, but they are not moving. I put them in a tray under the domelight to get them active again, and they are just lying there, I am starting to think they may be dead. There was a black one, which I removed. But the rest of these guys are white, however, they just lay there motionless, and my beardie is not interested, although he did eat two that were BARELY moving.

It's been over 3 hours and these worms are pretty much motionless. I even tried picking at them w/ a toothpick to see if they would react, but nothing. What should I do?

 

[DragonMom]

:-X

 

[renich]

Yep, sounds like a bad batch to me. As Sandy points out, I would discard them and not feed them. They could run the risk of having parasites. It happens. Better be safe than sorry.