Nightcrawlers

[greene]

Rainbow. It wad the first time I used night crawlers

[guidofatherof5]

I don't understand what Rainbow is?

[Didymus20X6]

You also want to avoid feeding your snakes these kind as well.

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[EasternGirl]

No...the point of showing nightcrawlers is that they are safe for snakes...so are earthworms. The red wigglers are toxic.

[thamneil]

So just for conversations sake... how does everyone prepare and serve their worms? I usually tong feed them straight out of the garden. The babies get chopped worms in a dsh. How do you guys do it? I've heard of people soaking them to allow them to void all of their waste but this seems rather pointless.

-Neil

[d_virginiana]

I've heard that the worm castings are actually good for the snakes, because they contain nutrients that aren't in the worm's actual 'meat'.

Mine get bite-sized pieces in a dish. We used to farm our own nightcrawlers... I kind of want to get back into doing that. They seemed just generally bigger and healthier than the ones at walmart.

[Didymus20X6]

I used to serve them whole. But with Tiny, I have to chop them into bite-sized bits for him and serve them in a bowl. Since, I have discovered that feeding Little Dude that way avoids substrate issues. And she actually seems to like gobbling down the chunks. Her, I feed with hemostats.

There was once an article posted on this forum that indicated that worm dirt was actually good for garter snakes, because it contained nutrients, minerals, and biotics that were necessary for their health.

[ssssnakeluvr]

I feed whole worms to the adults, chapped ones for the little guys. like everyone else said, there's minerals and nutrients in the worm poop passing thru.

[EasternGirl]

I chop them up into little pieces for my babies...and into bite size pieces on a dish for my smaller snakes. For my larger adults I either cut them into a couple pieces and feed with hemostats, or feed them whole with hemostats....if I think that they won't grab them and drag them down into the substrate. For my new radixes...I actually just feed them whole by hand.

[Selkielass]

The adults love them whole, but I see less thieving & fighting when they are cut into quickly swallowed chunks