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7109 · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject: can or carnt i?

hello there i was wondering my dad has a wormary in the bottom of the garden he dumps his pond weed and fruit shavings in their and there are tons of worms they are brandaling and red worms would they be ok if i washed and fed to any of my frogs or toads? i keep white tree frogs fire bellie toads milk frogs and african bull frogs? cheers vince. Question

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Scott W · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:41 am Post subject:

should be fine, worms are a great food source.
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lol93 · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:16 am Post subject:

I use brandling worms from my compost heap occasionally.
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7109 · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:04 pm Post subject:

yeah scott we dont put anything bad in and the worm pot is huge and its swarming with them. we just normaly use them for fishing lol atleast the fish take them i just thought why pay if there is a good source . if any one else has a saying please do cheers. lol what is your name mate doesnt feel right calling you lol Embarassed

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Ajfr0ggy · I've settled in... Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 33

Brandling worms aren't so good apparently, and very foul tasting. No idea about red worms

7109 · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject:

7109 · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject:

Ajfr0ggy · I've settled in... Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 33

When i had a group of paramesotriton newts, they would eat most things, even my fingers, but they regurgitated the brandling worms. They seem to produce some horrible yellow stuff. I'm sure i heard they're quite acidic too.

7109 · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject:

Insectsunlimited · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:34 pm Post subject: Brandlings & "bitterness.

Hi there, Dave @ Insectsunlimited & it is a fairly widely known fact to naturalists that toads are notoriously abnoxious to eat but frogs aren`t. The toads may get this quality from eating bitter worms & may, enjoy them. One man`s meat, is another man`s poison, so they say. The Cinnabar moth is poisonous & the caterpillars of the Cinnabar moth live on ragwort which is one of our most toxic plants... able to kill a horse. Just a thought, don`t take it as gospel. Regards Dave.
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