If you do decide to get pinkies I'll let you know what helped me a lot. I first cut up an earthworm real small pieces then take the frozen pinkie and chop it into bigger chunks when frozen (about the size of Cuddles's head) then add n mix in with the minced worm put on a small lid with a drop of water, and Whalaa you got an awesome easy clean non-messy non-gross way of feeding pinkies. That way the tiny amount of blood from the pinkie is mixed in with the worm guts n it thaws out with the worm and you don't even notice it. Works PERFECT. My little Radix wouldn't take a pinkie that had just been rubbed with a worm so I stared mincing the worm so that it would REALLY smell like worm.

My little girl just in fact finished her breakfast of half a pinkie an a full chopped worm
Sometimes (like this morning) I only mince the back end of the worm and either put the 'head' of the worm back in the dirt for another day, or chop it slightly bigger so that it gets eaten too. (Worm head will survive back in the dirt. I also believe there is more nutrition in the head then the rest of the worm)