Nightcrawlers

[Invisible Snake]

Hey I was wondering if I ordered nightcrawlers in bulk can I freeze them and then feed them (defrosted of course) to my garters in the future?

[guidofatherof5]

No. They will turn into a pile of goo.

I'd like to see if flash freezing will help the problem but standard freezing just doesn't work as far as I know.

[infernalis]

What Steve said.

worms don't freeze well.

[mark cope]

tomatoe worm ....human all around 80% water, put a tomatoe in the freezer for a week ....then take it out, put it on a plate and wait for it to thaw

[EasternGirl]

Just get some worm bedding and a styrofoam container and make a little worm farm for them. I bought about 50 worms this winter and did that with them...they are still alive and well in my basement.

[guidofatherof5]

They will need cooler then normal temps. Dark and cool.

[mb90078]

It's an absolute disaster, and I don't recommend it, but the snakes will (at least mine did) eat the resulting sludge. I had a mini-fridge that I accidently over-cooled last summer and had the pleasure (sarcasm) of experimenting with this. In fact, the snakes took it extremely enthusiastically.

[kibakiba]

I find that the jellyworms (you know, that jelly like look they get after freezing) smell a bit weird. I wouldn't even feed that to my snakes.

[gregmonsta]

I've never had a problem freezing worms ... defrosted in cold - lukewarm water it has never been a problem for me. The worms are always intact when I do it.

[ConcinusMan]

You can bring night crawlers down to near freezing without killing them. They'll keep for months like that and stay alive and dormant as long as they don't dry out or get too wet. I've tried freezing them. Never worked out at all unless you intend to make worm pudding.