Earthworms As Feeder Insects for Reptiles & Amphibians

[@katiethebonelady]

I love watching the frogs use their little hands! "Get in mah Belleh!"

[@Emilia-fx9tc]

The first darker frog ate it like spaghetti^^ Also, it looks so cute when the frog helped itself with its hands.

[@nataliesreptiles]

Awesome video. I use earthworms for my DeKay's brown snakes. My bigger one I have to cut the worm into 3rds. But I have 2 smaller DeKay's that I have to basically mince the worms into tiny bits for their tiny mouths. Which is kind of adorable. 😊

[@spearmanerica676]

I love 💕 too see blue tongue skinks as babies bc they stick THIER lil tongues out like ur scared it’s soo cute 🥰 THIER tongue is purple or blue looking it’s soo funny 😄

[@tiachandler5350]

Omg the frogs were so awesome the ones that kept smacking them in their mouth lol that was strangely cute

[@AJsGreenTopics]

I raise red wigglers and European Nightcrawlers. This was a great video.

[@lugaruna]

Never thought i would say this but it was strangly adorible seeing your pets eat earth worms :). Siriously im not surprised that i find your animals eating cute but it was just one of those moments:p.

[@xuzan78]

Great video! Those frogs are so cute!!

[@rebel4466]

A little fun fact about the red wigglers: their scientific name is Eisenia fetida/foetida, which is obviously the same word in English "fetid". So it's a very specific thing for the animal. There are other Eisenia species that don't have that smell and probably taste

[@amarie1693]

You're so right about red wigglers being a tough feeder, I bought a container of about 45 for my smaller axolotl. He kept halfway eating them and then rejecting them, I was worried he was sick but it seems he just didn't like the taste. My larger one ate them fine oddly enough. I mainly feed the large nightcrawlers to my axolotls and WTFs. However one of my WTFs is not a fan of earthworms he tends to spit them out. Are earthworms considered stable diet for WTFs? Other than that he will eat crickets and small mealworms occasionally.

[@ingeniouspixie]

Ooh! Now I have to go check out the other feeder videos!

[@amysuewest3826]

That was interesting to find out about red wrigglers.

[@britttttt8391]

Omg love this

[@impasta8171]

Awww so cute

[@Bananafacegrapebutt]

I haven’t watched the video yet but I did try to give my beardies earth worms once and they both spit them out immediately 😂

[@arnicamoana7861]

Nightcrawlers are the only bug my leopard gecko never cared for! He stared, but he never took. It was more just… entertaining I guess. I didn’t cut it up, to be fair.

[@UkAmphibians]

Yes they work for us 🐸💚🐸

[@apss5736]

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[@kendravoracek3636]

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[@ChantalsCritters]

You said something about gut loading? Great video.

[@JessicasAnimalFriends]

Here this may be helpful: www.thamnophis.com/forum/husbandry/7286-gut-loading-worms.html It’s not super common, in my research, to gutload earthworms but people who are breeding their own or trying to sustain a constant supply will use a good compost to feed the worms.

[@Dragonemperess]

Can leopard geckos eat earthworms? Sahyu is eating again for a bit, so mire variety would be cool.

[@JessicasAnimalFriends]

I don’t think it’s a “normal” food choice for them and I’ve never tried it myself, but do a bit of research and see if others have had good experiences :)

[@Dragonemperess]

@@JessicasAnimalFriends Apparently leos aren't a fan due to the taste the "collar" of the earthworm secretes. And it's too high in moisture. But I can tell you that Sahyu was a fan of a small grasshopper I brought for her, so there is that, at least. Too bad they're 2$ each. T-T If it wasn't for the cost, maybe they could have been a replacement for crickets. I wonder if there is a place that sells grasshopper nymphs in bulk?

[@Dragonemperess]

@@JessicasAnimalFriends Also, is it okay to add canned insects to her diet for the sake of variety?

[@actual______criminal]

@@Dragonemperess no, you wanna stick to live. there’s a reason why you never see people feeding their reptiles dried insects on any of these petuber channels

[@Dragonemperess]

@@actual______criminal Okay. Just thought it would be good to add some variety in her life. Although she loves her dubias enough that she wouldn't mind just dubias. Not gonna happen baby girl. XD I'm still in the covid mindset where feeders were hard to get if you didn't raise them yourself, but I see that Josh's Frogs now has stock and I'm gonna take advantage of that. :D

[@sweetluvgurl]

Someone made a comment about gut loading, and I have a question about that. It isn’t about earth worms. I have been trying to gut load my mealworms with this nutrition mix that I bought from Josh’s frogs. It says it is for crickets but can also used for mealworms and other feeders. I just wanted to get something nutritious without having to constantly do veggies. I was wondering if you have any recommendations for what to get as far as something pre mixed. I’ve seen different stuff. It just seems like they aren’t really eating the mix I got and use it more as bedding. lol

[@JessicasAnimalFriends]

I personally use fresh veggies to gutload my feeders.

[@arnicamoana7861]

Repashy also has a superload!

[@lukekeeley5997]

i feed my axolotl earth worms

[@paytonbarbier942]

How many earthworms do your frogs eat on feeding night

[@JessicasAnimalFriends]

If they’re large I’ll cut one in half and give them each 2-3 halves

[@Mothobius]

Why did you refer to get wrigglers separately from earthworms? Red wrigglers are earthworms too

[@JessicasAnimalFriends]

Yes you’re right I should’ve said night crawlers instead

[@rebel4466]

That's why I can't stand common names personally. They're often inaccurate and group different animals together, even though they're not even closely related.