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Does anyone know how to keep worms? Like night crawlers and earth worms? Help please! I have no idea what to feed them or how to care for them. I rescued about 35 of them from an event they were used in. There was no dirt around to put them in so I brought them home. I have no where to go with them now. help! How do I make a suitable habitat? What do I feed them? Help!

It is 25 degrees here. They will freeze if they go outside.

Answer 1

I used to keep them for bait, and can tell you how to preserve and even breed them if you are willing to put some work into the thing.

You have to build a box open on both ends and about 18 inches by 18 inches square and at least two feet long. One end you cover with copper wire, and you dig a hole and place the box in the hole screen side down.

Go to a nursery and get a bunch of sphagnum moss enough to fill the box about half way up. Put some coffee ground into the moss and mix it around. Drop the worms in and they will thrive and breed. Once in a while I used to put a small amount of bacon grease in. I doan no why, just some old fart told me it was good for the worms. I kept only giant nigh crawlers.

One last thing. Doan have a dull-witted aunt who thinks its a garbage pit.

Answer 2

You rescued worms? They make great turtle foods, i would sugest finding a friend with an animal that might eat them. If not you can flush them, or perhaps be creative, see uh...it might be 25* outside but they live in the ground, and they go into burmation during the winter, place them under a large rock and call it good!

Answer 3

ummm well all I know is I had worms I used to feed to my fish and Id put them in a stryo foam container filled with semi moist dirt..not very either. And im not sure but I think worms eat the stuff inside of the dirt so then you wouldnt need anything else in there (im not really sure) and You have to keep them in a cool area otherwise they'll die but they dont ever really last that long the longest I had mine last was a month.you can even put them in your fridge if you want..im not sure if you want to though.but good luck with them I hope they work out alrite =P

Answer 4

I know someone who raises them for their castings(poo). She has them in a plastic cage. With 35 you'll need a big container, maybe one of those rubbermaid storage containers? First off fill it half way with shredded paper( ask some local offices if you can have a bag of shredded paper, or get a shredder $20 wal-mart). Then fill it with potting soil. Then feed them any veggie or fruit left overs you have(they will eat just about any kind of organic waste). Make sure to keep the soil moist, by misting it daily. Good luck!

Answer 5

Worms and nightcrawlers like dirt, so you should get them something like a big box of potting soil. Worms usually eat dried and rotting leaf litter and decomposing vegetables and fruits; that's the basic principle of a compost heap. Put them in some dirt, throw in some veggie peelings and fruit cores, and you're good to go.

Answer 6

you can buy potting soil at gardening stores. just make sure that there isn't any pestiseds or something like that in the soil. make sure there is enough room for all of them. they eat dirt and the stuff they find in the dirt. the best temp for them would be around 60 - 70 degrees. moist soil is the best. i would turn them lose when it gets warmer. you could sell them for bait too if you don't mind me saying.

Answer 7

They wont freeze they'll hiberbate if you put them outside. What do you think regular worms do during winter

Answer 8

Chuck 'em outside and they will go into the ground. You saved worms? I'm not sure whether to be impressed, or to maybe think you are slightly mad! Good on you anyway, I think!

Answer 9

Put them outside and let them go into the ground.

Answer 10

Wet leaves keep them wet and put your old coffee grounds in with them. Put them out in the yard and they will take care of there self