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Hey guys.
It's been raining a lot here lately, so I see a lot of worms on the ground when I walk home.

Recently I got the bright idea to adopt some.
What do I need?

They just eat... dirt, right?
I suppose just dropping organic scraps (veggies/fruit) in there once in a while will work, but I also don't want my room to stink and attract flies :/


tl;dr : Tell me all you know about keeping worms :)
>> Anonymous
That is no worm.
>> Anonymous
>>88313
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>> Anonymous
Just dried, dead leaves or grass clippings will do for food.
Also, keep the sides covered with something dark and you might get them to make their tunnels up against the glass so you can see them.
>> Anonymous
Yes this is not a worm. It is actually a vertebrate of the order Amphisbaenia. Somewhat poorly understood buggers, so don't count of a lot of handling and care information being available.

Here is their Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphisbaenia

Google also brought this up:
http://reptilis.net/amphisbaenia/overview.html


But in general it would probably be best for it if you let it go to mind it's own business.
>> Anonymous
>>88318
Sides of what? I was thinking just a big glass jar, with the top open so they can breathe?
>> Anonymous
>>88321
I should probably clarify that the attached pic is not really related, since I hadn't gotten them yet. But it was the closest thing I had on my hard-drive.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
the best place to keep these is inside a vagina
>> Anonymous
Earthworms pull down leaves from the surface which then rot in the earth.
They eat them then.
>> Anonymous
>>88322
you can just wrap the sides with foil or heavy paper or something. make it easily removable so you can see if they made tunnels along the sides. Alos remember to keep their soil moist, but not soaking wet.
>> Anonymous
>>88340
Earthworms? In MY vagina?
>> Anonymous
>>88376
it's more likely than you think.
>> Anonymous
>>88376
Habeeb it!
>> Anonymous
First of all, a jar is kind of short-changing them on space. Yeah, they're "just" worms, but if you're going to take them out of the vastness of the world, get a fucking 10 gallon aquarium or something.

Secondly, the other posters are right. Moist soil, but not soaking wet, dead leaves and the like (hate to tell you, but if you don't want the risk of smell, don't keep worms. Their entire purpose is to eat dead and rotting things... and their waste will be in that jar too.)

Don't use sandy soil, use something like you'd find in a flower bed.

Also, used coffee grounds apparently go over well with them. My family had a large enclosure for worms (for fishing) and my grandparents would dump coffee grounds inside and it produced really healthy worms.
>> Anonymous
They're not worms.
>> Anonymous
Fun fact: Earthworms are sometimes infested by parasites, even tapeworm larvae.
Eating earthworms raw is NOT recommended, unless you like to have some free lodgers.
>> Anonymous
>>88473

Which is why you should fry your worms.
>> Anonymous
>>88473
In before shitting bricks.
>> Anonymous
Why would you want to keep worms? Do you fish a lot?
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>>88310

That's a Plains Blind Snake. :D
>> Anonymous
>>88488
Because rats are illegal here and I want a pet that's unusual by most people's standards.
>> Anonymous
>>88475
But how do you eat fried worms?
>> I'll bite... Anonymous
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>>88712
Read this.