Do Superworms have to have their heads cut off?

[LizzyKoalaBear]

I just got some and they are FREAKING HUGE. I got this feeder thing and the creepy things are so big that I can hear them. HEAR THEM!! I want to get rid of them as soon as possible so... do I have to cut off/ crush their heads?

 

[DrCarrotTail]

Haha I thought the same thing the first few times I bought them!! I was pretty paranoid and crushed their heads for a few weeks but got over it after reading all the folks around here that feed them and have not had a problem. Since then I've been feeding 2-3 of them to my breeding females without crushed heads every day or two and have had no problems. Most of them seem to give the head a good chomp on the way down. Even those that haven't gotten chomped haven't cause issues so I'm getting more and more relaxed about feeding them.

 

[KTyne]

I have never done anything to the Superworms before feeding them to my Geckos.
The Geckos almost always go for the head first anyways and crush it themselves before eating it.
They are gross feeders but you shouldn't have any issues just feeding them un-crushed, lol.

 

[B&B Geckos]

+1 It's just a myth that their heads must be cut off.

 

[Nooon]

I´ve never heard that the head should be cut off... but I´ve started doing it. My leo ate them at first - no problem... but then she started to fear them. She both wanted then and did not... and when she had eaten one she´d quickly disappear into her favorite hide refusing to eat any more. "What?", I thought. She did this every time and got less and less interested. These worms have a pretty good ability to bite. I figure they bit her. They were certainly not dead when she swallowed them - she did not crush their heads before swallowing them.
...so now they always loose their heads before going to dinner!