Red wiggler worm nutrient content:

[Larry Wardog]

I use uncle Jim’s worms. They have a good reputation and feed an organic meal that they have designed specifically to avoid parasites. I feed my worms that food mixed with gut load and have never had issues with parasites and have had periodic fecal tests done on my toads.

Would you be interested in doing some type of a study with me regarding the American Toads?

I was thinking about doing a small study of the feeders and the impact it has on them.

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[PhunkeyPhish]

That is very intriguing and while at this moment I probably would not be able to undertake an endeavor like that, in the future I would definitely like to and probably be more in a situation where I could. What sort of thing are you thinking?

I contacted the people at Uncle Jim's worms about parasite control. The response I got is mainly a tight environmental control and preventive measures by only feeding them quality control foods and maintaining "security" to keep invaders out, as well as tight temperature and humidity control etc. I've been using that company for probably 8 years now (was composting before the toads which are 6 years) and they have been great! Since they breed easily, I have only had to replace colonies a maybe 3-5 times during the 8 years and it is usually because I had become lax somehow in maintaining them or by exhausting them with by feeding to the toads. While I use to compost predominantly, now I use the worm meal that the company developed and mix in gut load, although I may start adding in some vegetable cuttings as a gut load mechanism as well. You should check them out, they sell both red wigglers and night crawlers.