avidwormer
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Worm Disease - 2008/11/13 19:33
Just ordered several pounds of worms from a farmer near here. The worms looked okay, at first, but now they're all dying.
I placed them in the same type of bedding as all my other worms (moist coconut coir and shredded newspaper) and have them at the right temperature etc. But the worms are looking all bubbly and twisted. Some are on their way to dying (with lumpy twisted bodies) while others are lying in the newspaper dead (and falling apart). I've attached a photo of one to show the white bubbles coming out of the worms.
Is this some kind of disease or would this be protein poisoning? The farm held off my shipment, initially, and indicated that their worms weren't looking so great. They told me they wanted to fatten them up a bit before sending them. Perhaps they fed them too much fatty food and that's causing them to bubble up like this. Anyone seen this before? Thankfully I didn't stick them in with my other worms. If it's some kind of disease, I hope it doesn't spread. 
Post edited by: avidwormer, at: 2008/11/13 19:35
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