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Post by redhen on Apr 11, 2006 10:28:19 GMT -5
Jay and all other experienced wormers... I received 10# of redworms for a big group I am setting up bins with. They looked good and I thought most looked pregnant, so I was happy. Now I lost 1 whole bin, and my other 4 bins are all going down fast. The adults have a blistered looking clitellum. They are not eating and cannot crawl due to the distended clitellum. They are dying and I don't know what it is or how to help. I do not know how to post a picture here but if you would go to Wormdigest.org, (you don't have to register, just look), I have posted a picture of one of the worms, on the forum, and would appreciate your thoughts.
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Post by Jay Blair on Apr 11, 2006 16:51:46 GMT -5
Mites or bin toxicity come to mind first. I would suggest to first harvest the worms and bathe them. Then add them to a fresh bin and feed them slurry water so that they might recieve easily acquired nurishment.
Were your worms purchased from a commercial seller?
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Post by tt on Apr 11, 2006 21:41:20 GMT -5
What were they shipped in that could be the source and what are they in now. I had some worms flown in once and they all died and it was the bedding they were in . Nothing like what you got going the shipping medium was the problem. Mind you they died right away. But we sourced it to the bedding.
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Post by redhen on Apr 11, 2006 22:20:48 GMT -5
Knowing that mites were not the problem, I went with bin toxicity. I think the worms arrived already in distress. What I thought were pregnant worms, turned out to be blistered clitellum. I grow worms and only have to rely on other vendors when things get very busy, (like now). I spent all day in 4 bins doing much of what you suggested, as far as a fresh bin. I am hoping things will start getting better when tomorrow comes. (The grower wants to make the purchase good, but my main concern right now is "What happened?"...and...I need to find a grower quickly to replace my other order, where I have people lined up to buy.) Out in CA ,with the rain, growers are having a problem. The industry is growing, but the worms cannot be rushed.
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