Quote Originally Posted by Artic Exotics View Post
Dont mean to thread rob here but another quick question on worms, can they be frozen/thawed without effect to their nutritional value? Or anything else I should know about doing that? I know if certain things are frozen they will break down.

This has been an ongoing problem for me as there are no locally available earthworms (not even outside in the garden- its called permafrost for a reason lol) in the winter and likelihood of receiving live ie non frozen solid feeders in dead winter is well.... unlikely in my area. But I would like to be able to keep worms in my garters feed rotation during the winter for once (I have not been able to do so since 2009).

The only way I think this could be accomplished is to buy in bulk and see if some survive the trip up, and even at that it only gives me 5 weeks or so a batch with massive die off and a considerable expense. But this problem could be solved if I could store worms frozen like I would do with fish or pinks... and get the snakes to eat them thawed of course.. Thoughts?
If you freeze/thaw a worm you will end up with goo. I've never heard of anyone successfully feeding f/t worms.

Is there any way you can order some and then breed your own? All it takes is soil, powdered worm food, and a tupperware container. The upside is that it doesn't take a lot of space and you can keep them indoors. As long as they aren't frozen solid they don't need to be kept warm to stay alive.