Quote Originally Posted by guidofatherof5 View Post
Ditch the red wiggles. If they are redworms they are toxic and will kill the babies.
Earthworms and night crawlers are safe.

Redworms sometimes called red wiggles and compost worm emit a toxic yellow fluid when disturbed.

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Thanks for the information...sometimes I hate the Internet for all the wrong stuff you can get.

At any rate, we've turned the babies loose on our back pond that is very overgrown and full of all sorts of stuff. I really felt that was the best thing for them. We're on sixty acres way out in the country, so they stand a good chance.