Aussie Finch Forum

Hmm could you feed Bloodworms to the birds? Just out of curiosity ? Has anyone fed these to them Ive heard you can and some birds love them ....might buy some freeze dried ones for my Waxbills for a treat

I've heard of someone feeding mosquito larvae to their birds, but they were live. Don't know about frozen blood worms, many birds will only eat living insects. If it's cheap there's no harm in trying though!

I did try the dried bloodworms.
The birds seem to prefer the mealworms if there is a choice between bloodworms and mealworms.
Bloodworms are expensive too, $22 for container and the container wasn't very big.
Ive tried other stuff too, krill and plankton all the fishy stuff I have tried with the birds has all been freeze dried. The krill and plankton had a very strong smell, very fishy.
I got mine from a aquarium shop.
Never bought any more as it just wasn't worth the expense.

Australian grown bloodworms/blackworms are worth a try and are exceptionally clean (http://www.blackworms.com.au/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ) but avoid the frozen imported ones - they are grown in stuff that would make a billy goat vomit.

A Billy Goat vomit huh ..... I like that one

Those freeze dried blackworms are far cheaper than the bloodworms I bought, do your birds eat them?

A word of warning about feeding Bloodworms to birds with young chicks, or to smaller fish. A breeder of Dwarf Cichlids I know experienced a number of deaths and had Jim Greenwood (a fish specialist vet) perform an autopsy. Jim found that the intestines were pincushioned with the bloodworms fine hair-like 'spines'.
It is assumed that larger fish (and by extension, adult finches) are robust enough to be unaffected, but smaller species (and thus I would also assume finch nestlings) may be at risk.