Earthworms in Substrate

[tignish99]

Hello:

I have an odd question. I purchased earthworms raised for reptiles for another critter and he has decided that he is not eating these anymore. So I have almost a dozen good sized earthworms sitting in my fridge. Aside from letting them go in the yard, I was thinking of putting them in the substrate of my tortoise's enclosure. The worms would eat any dropped leaves or grass bits. When I change the substrate it gets dumped into a compost so the worms will not be harmed.

Any thoughts?

Thank you

 

[Tom]

I have several garden areas and planter boxes where I grow food for my tortoises. I would just put them directly there and skip the indoor enclosure and compost heap.

 

[jaizei]

What type of worms? What type of substrate do you use?

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Your tortoise may decide to eat them, and depending on what type of tort you have, they could be harmful. Plus they may start to stink, (poopies) and I don't think it would be good to have worms living in an 80' enviroment as ( if your substrate is shallow) they could die, and sit in there for a while.