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Index of Subjects --20cf303636e584665c04be93ba77 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Peter, I'm no earthworm expert, but I have raised both them and red wigglers to feed to animals at my wildlife rehab centre. What I do know is if the moisture/conditions are not right, they will leave...quickly. One of our cultures was in the kitchen ( the red wigglers, for eating compost) and until we got the moisture just right, several times I came home to find them all over the kitchen...I kid you not. Maybe they don't like it too wet in the bed and try to get elsewhere? Helene On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 8:13 AM, <Hubcove@aol.com> wrote: > ** > This morning I picked up about 100 live earth worms from the asphalt in > front of the house. We have about a 50ft x 80ft parking area that slopes > down to a brook from a small flower bed in front of the house. At this time > of the year after fairly heavy rain dozens of worms from a few millimeters > to about 15 centimeters leave the bed and start off across the paving. They > are accompanied by what appear to small millipedes although in much fewer > numbers, also some slugs that start feeding on some of the dead worms in > the morning. > They certainly don't get washed out of the bed and in fact have to get > over a lip and negotiate some pavers. > I guess my question is why they would leave what would appear to be a good > habitat and head out for almost certain doom. > Does anyone know if this is common behavior and why they do it. > I'm thinking of going into the bait business. > Thanks. > Peter Stow > Hubbards > -- Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0 902-893-0253 birdvet@hotmail.com www.cwrc.net Join us on May 12 for our Annual Benefit Concert<http://cwrc.net/?page_id=1381>and Silent Auction --20cf303636e584665c04be93ba77 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div class=3D"gmail_extra">Hi Peter, I'm no earthworm expert, but I hav= e raised both them and red wigglers to feed to animals at my wildlife rehab= centre. What I do know is if the moisture/conditions are not right, they w= ill leave...quickly. One of our cultures was in the kitchen ( the red wiggl= ers, for eating compost) and until we got the moisture just right, several = times I came home to find them all over the kitchen...I kid you not. =A0May= be they don't like it too wet in the bed and try to get elsewhere?</div= > <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">Helene<br><= br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 8:13 AM, <span dir= =3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:Hubcove@aol.com" target=3D"_blank">Hubcove@a= ol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u> <div style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"><font color=3D"#000000" siz= e=3D"4" face=3D"Arial"> <div><font size=3D"4">This morning I picked up about 100 live earth worms f= rom the=20 asphalt in front of the house. We have about a 50ft x 80ft parking area tha= t=20 slopes down to a brook from a small flower bed in front of the house. At th= is=20 time of the year after fairly heavy rain dozens of worms from a few millime= ters=20 to about 15 centimeters leave the bed and start off across the paving. They= are=20 accompanied by what appear to small millipedes although in much fewer numbe= rs,=20 also some slugs that start feeding on some of the dead worms in the morning= .=20 </font></div> <div><font size=3D"4">They certainly don't get washed out of the bed an= d in fact=20 have to get over a lip and negotiate some pavers.</font></div> <div><font size=3D"4">I guess my question is why they would leave what woul= d appear=20 to be a good habitat and head out for almost certain doom.</font></div> <div><font size=3D"4">Does anyone know if this is common behavior and why t= hey do=20 it.</font></div> <div><font size=3D"4">I'm thinking of going into the bait business.</fo= nt></div> <div><font size=3D"4">Thanks.</font></div> <div><font size=3D"4">Peter Stow</font></div> <div><font size=3D"4">Hubbards</font></div></font></div></blockquote></div>= <br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Helene Van Doninck DVM<div>Cobe= quid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre</div><div>RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0</di= v> <div>902-893-0253</div><div><a href=3D"mailto:birdvet@hotmail.com" target= =3D"_blank">birdvet@hotmail.com</a></div><div><a href=3D"http://www.cwrc.ne= t" target=3D"_blank">www.cwrc.net</a></div><div>Join us on May 12 for our <= a href=3D"http://cwrc.net/?page_id=3D1381" target=3D"_blank">Annual Benefit= Concert</a> and Silent Auction</div> <br> </div> --20cf303636e584665c04be93ba77--
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