Well I didn't get the little guy/girl to eat anything I wanted it to. I purchased a new bowl of wigglers/wax worms/meal worms. I tried small wiggler nada. Tried a small wax worm zip. The moment I drop a squirming meal worm in CHOMP! Gone. Could only get him/her to eat one though. I left a couple small crickets in to try again. If the cricket didn't agree with the little guy/girl's belly I would think a mealie would be worse but he/she ate something so that's good.