moldy, maybe dusty mealworms?

[RadicalRay07]

So today i went to feel my Ts and i went to open the can of moist already dead mealworms i got from a pet store. I read online that those mealworms where good to feed them. But today i opened it up and there was this fuzzy stuff in it. It may have been mold, or maybe dust had gotten it or cat fur idk. would it be safe to feed my Ts with a mealworm that wasn’t touching the fuz?

 

[Wolfram1]

anything already dead, that you didn't kill yourself just prior to putting it in is not suitable

 

[RadicalRay07]

What should i feed them in the mean time, and is it okay if my sling and my adult have been fed those twice already?

 

[Wolfram1]

Maybe post a picture to clarify, i think i understand what you mean but i am not 100% sure

 

[RadicalRay07]

i don’t currently have a picture as i’m not at my house at the moment but it looked like if you got some dust and cat hair and just put it on the mealworms

 

[Wolfram1]

well you definitely shouldn't feed anything moldy to your spiders,

the reason i ask for clarification is that they can very rarely scavenge on dead things that have been dead longer but i would never buy a can of dead meal-worms and feed them to it
i am picturing the kind of dead and dried mealworms people sell use with for reptiles or birds, those are not suitable for spiders at all. I am confused about the "moist" part.

also you should never keep anything dead moist, weather it is ment for spiders or not, it will rot very quickly

 

[RadicalRay07]

yeah they didn’t come dry they are like moist

 

[RadicalRay07]

it’s these

 

[Wolfram1]

yea they are not suitable at all, and def. meant to be used up right after opening or in the worst case have some preservatives in them (i couldn't find the ingredients, if there are any additives)

i would just throw them away, especially since they started molding/rotting

live meal-worms are no hassle at all and can be kept alive for a long time, you can even feed off the beetles and pupae

 

[RadicalRay07]

thank you for all the help

 

[RadicalRay07]

thank you for all the help

 

[ChaniLB520]

Yeah I bought a can of those moist mealworms a while ago thinking I'd offer them as treats for my mouse and hamster, who I had given live ones before. But even then once I opened it I wasn't sure if it was a good idea. They just looked and smelled so gross to me. I don't normally advocate wasting any food product, even for pets, but I just couldn't bring myself to use them. Won't buy again.

 

[vancwa]

Live is best.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Just get live ones, they're ridiculously easy to care for (just keep them in a well ventilated plastic tub with wheat bran as substrate. Sieve them out, replace the sub, and pick out any dead ones as needed) and almost as easy to breed tbh.