I received a cup of 100 phoenix worms in the mail today, in a USPS cardboard envelope packaged with newspaper. I opened the cup and saw them squirming around and closed the lid. I took the cup and drove 20mins home from work, A/C blowing in the car because it is 110F degrees out right now. I ran into the supermarket for turnip greens and came back out within 5 minutes. When I got home, I opened the cup and none of the worms were moving. I checked online and read you have to let them "warm up" to room temp before they start moving, but it's been 2 hours at this point and there is no movement. What is going on?
The only thing I can thing of is if the car was too hot when I was buying the turnip greens but that was no more than 5 minutes, maybe even only 3 minutes. Plus, wouldn't 2 days in a postal truck, stuffed in an envelop be more of a heat endurance than a 3 minute parking lot run? I can't think of any other factors in the 30 minutes between seeing them move and not moving at all.
For the size of the worms, I think I could only get 3 feeding sessions out of the cup. For the same price, I could get 2 weeks worth of crickets. I'm a little frustrated in this purchase...
The only thing I can thing of is if the car was too hot when I was buying the turnip greens but that was no more than 5 minutes, maybe even only 3 minutes. Plus, wouldn't 2 days in a postal truck, stuffed in an envelop be more of a heat endurance than a 3 minute parking lot run? I can't think of any other factors in the 30 minutes between seeing them move and not moving at all.
For the size of the worms, I think I could only get 3 feeding sessions out of the cup. For the same price, I could get 2 weeks worth of crickets. I'm a little frustrated in this purchase...