I found an Albino Garden Snake

[guidofatherof5]

Hey Steve is that spinich in with your worms?

No, just some green grass from the back yard.

[kibakiba]

I put in old veggy left overs with mine sometimes. I just make sure it isn't really acidic stuff, like orange peels and pomegranate stuff. I had a batch of worms die when my mom put orange peels in the container. Salad stuff that doesn't have anything on it is good, the worms I used to have loved old lettuce.

[EasternGirl]

@Chantel...Where do you get bone meal? @WarriorPrincess.. You may want to try to get casper eating pinkies...it's a good source of calcium and vitamins for garters. If not, and you are only feeding worms, you may want to consider a vitamin supplement. I will let other members recommend the vitamin supplements.

[kibakiba]

I get bone meal from the plant section of Walmart. It comes in a big box, you only need a little sprinkle in a 3 gallon tub to last you a while. The worms munch on it, and if you mix it with the soil, it helps keep it aerated.

Also, for ordinoides, they can live off of worms alone even without a whole lot of supplementing. Tha'ts how ours live in my area. Slugs aren't too common, unless my strawberry garden is growing... Lol...

[katach]

Our pre-adult NW will only eat worms. We get them at Walmart. The Canadian Night Crawlers in the dark brown dirt. We dust the worm with vitamin powder every three feedings. Just a little though. I usually dip the end she hasn't chomped down on so the smell isn't changed. She is growing well and sheds every 4-5 weeks. Worms are great, they are a bit underrated by some. My finace, Bill, has had success with feeding slug bits without having too much slim by trimming the skirts off them. We just fed the babies that Willow had with it though because they wouldn't eat anything else.

[EasternGirl]

Kat...do you use the repcal supplement? I went and bought a bunch of worms today from the bait store where I usually get them...then I got a plastic tub from the dollar store and dug up some more dirt from my yard (no fertilizer used) and put the worms in the tub with the dirt and put them in my basement. I went to Sears and asked about bone meal...no go...I'll have to try Walmart. I was also told that I could order worm bedding and food from Cabela's...might try that. Is there anything else I can feed the worms until I can get the bone meal? I put some lettuce in the soil for them...anything else? I'm just trying to keep the worms alive...they have been getting too cold and dying on me in the fridge...but it's really warm in my house..so I'm trying the basement.

[katach]

I use Tetrafauna's Reptocal. I don't have any experience raising worms though. Bill wanted to try it, but it never came to be. Since we got the 250 pinkies in November they aren't going through the worms as fast. $3 every few weeks is way better then once a week.

[EasternGirl]

Does anyone know anything about this worm kit...was thinking of buying it when I get some money: Cabela's: Magic® Worm Ranch Kit

[katach]

In my experience any thing that says "Magic...." isn't worth the money. I could be wrong though.

[kibakiba]

If you have calcium supps, they go for that pretty quickly too. Coffee grounds in small amounts are good, too, but don't overfeed them. A light sprinkle of food is all they really need to survive.