How long do I need to "tweezer-feed" bloodworms?...,

[monarchcmj]

My 9 axies will be six weeks old on Thursday. I stopped feeding them bbs on Saturday and started giving them frozen (thawed) bloodworms yesterday. They'll only eat the bloodworms if I hold the worms with tweezers and wiggle them. Even then, they're only eating one or two worms
I'm panicking a bit... I'm worried they're not eating enough and I'm worried they're not learning to eat bloodworms that I just drop in their containers.
How long will I need to use tweezers to feed them? When will they learn to eat bloodworms that aren't "wiggling"?
Thanks!

 

[Dr0gr1n]

You might try chopping them a bit and agitating the water with just a plain piece of hard air tube. At 6 weeks I would thaw, rinse, and chop the blood worms and just drop them in their small plastic container and leave it for 24 hours, at which point I would clean the water and tub and add fresh water and chopped blood worms. They will eat if they are hungry.

I have never had to hand feed any of my hatchlings.

 

[Olivia97]

Don't worry, they're just not used to "non live" food. Once they work out that they're dead and it's the only thing they can eat they will eat it.