We have purchased horned worms from Josh’s frogs quite often, for a couple of years now.
I think that most people don’t read the directions because generally, the cups come with a minimum of 25 alive even when weather conditions are not ideal.
Having said that, my only issue with JF’s is that they don’t put enough food in the cup for all 25 to grow to their full size. Recently, they’ve had even less food in the cup than shipments one year ago. I feel bad when the remainder of the worms die of starvation or start eating each other! There aren’t many natural food sources in a mid-west climate to supplement in order to keep them alive. You basically need the brown goo that comes with them. As you can see in the 3rd picture I posted here, we’ve moved them from the cup to a big keeper and given various food to try and sustain them and so far nothing has worked which just results in death!
I’ve contacted Josh’s Frogs and they offer advice on purchasing additional food that you then have to make yourself which is quite tedious for worms you plan to feed your reptiles.
Bottom line, the worms aren’t cheap to begin with so for the price, I’d expect them to put sufficient food in the cup. I may need to look for another vendor otherwise.
It’s an easy fix and wouldn’t cut into their profits much to satisfy or improve their product. I think it’s a very reasonable request. Hopefully they will consider this option in order to keep customers such as myself.
We’ll see!
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