Night Crawlers

[GrifTheGreat]

Sometimes you have to get them a taste for the worms by sneaking in while the frog is awake and either slowly move the worm piece twards him with tongs or drop the chunk on the substrate directly in front of him about an inch away from him. Most will strike without thinking. Also Red Wigglers are NOT the same as Night Crawlers and secrete a distasteful slime that both tastes and smells bad which is probably why your frog wouldn't eat them.

About cutting the worms, just cut a half inch to 1 inch piece off of one of the Night Crawlers starting at the tale. Only cut one piece off each worm at a time. They can regenerate and therefore are not harmed much by doing this and will survive so the whole worm will not die and be wasted.

[AroseK]

How do you know which side is the tale and if i do cut a piece off and it doesn't eat it will that piece regenerate to? I just did it and the piece seems to be getting bigger and still moving so i might off cut the wrong side lol.

[TeeRiddle]

How do you know which side is the tale and if i do cut a piece off and it doesn't eat it will that piece regenerate to? I just did it and the piece seems to be getting bigger and still moving so i might off cut the wrong side lol.

One end of the night crawler is pointy and the other end is blunt. The pointy end is the head and the blunt end is the tail. You will also notice a solid band around the night crawler which is closest to the head.

You can drop it in a small bowl or something and watch which way it crawls and that can tell you which end is the head. Hope that explains it without getting too technical lol

[Namio]

How do you know which side is the tale and if i do cut a piece off and it doesn't eat it will that piece regenerate to? I just did it and the piece seems to be getting bigger and still moving so i might off cut the wrong side lol.

I think the flatten end is the tail end. If you look at the worm's head and tail you'll notice one end is flattened more like a paddle and that's the tail.