Cutting up worms

[LeClownBlanc]

Are standard scissors ok or does the metal have an effect? Should I look for plastic safety scissors?

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[MatthewM1]

Regular scissors are just fine

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[elliotulysses]

Regular scissors are just fine

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Really? I have heard these frogs are very sensitive to metal and you can't even do something like pour water through a metal screen without harming them. But if you have done this before, I suppose it should be trustworthy.

[LeClownBlanc]

Regular scissors are just fine

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Are you sure this is safe? As mentioned, you can not pour water through metal screens for containing them.
Sorry, I just want to be extra sure.

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[mpmistr]

Metal scissors are perfectly OK. Metal scissors inside your tank, not OK.

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

making sure that the scissors are clean will help the worm recover from
the diesection of the end that is furthest from the Clitellum ( the bump in the middle of the worm.)

The worm will heal and live verses if you cut from the other end.
See the picture below.

[LeClownBlanc]

making sure that the scissors are clean will help the worm recover from
the diesection of the end that is furthest from the Clitellum ( the bump in the middle of the worm.)

The worm will heal and live verses if you cut from the other end.
See the picture below.

So cut towards the bottom-middle section? If it's not entirely impossible could you reupload the image with a red line where to cut?

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[LeClownBlanc]

Metal scissors are perfectly OK. Metal scissors inside your tank, not OK.

I got ya!

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[mpmistr]

What I am trying to say there is if you use metal scissors to cut your worms up, so long as they're nasty rusty scissors there's no harm there. If you had a rusty nail in your tank, that is another story.

[elliotulysses]

What I am trying to say there is if you use metal scissors to cut your worms up, so long as they're nasty rusty scissors there's no harm there. If you had a rusty nail in your tank, that is another story.

From looking at the internet it says that cutting worms in half only leads to one live half and one dead half. Is that true? I saw the diagram up there to try to get two living segments, but I am unsure of exactly where to cut.
If not, do you think two 3" frogs could eat one red-wriggler type worm?

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Sorry but I don't have a way to demonstrate on the photo where to cut other than if you look at the illustration
the right side above the bump in the middle of the worm is where you don't want to cut.
You want to cut from the other end that is to the left of the bump.

And you want to stay way from red wigglers they excrete a nasty slime when injured and will make the frog not want to touch another worm.

Night crawlers are the best IMO 0you can get them in walmarts in the sorting goods department. Make sure to get ones that are
unscented and no dyes.

I get mine from the local pet store.

Hope this helps.

[elliotulysses]

Sorry but I don't have a way to demonstrate on the photo where to cut other than if you look at the illustration
the right side above the bump in the middle of the worm is where you don't want to cut.
You want to cut from the other end that is to the left of the bump.

And you want to stay way from red wigglers they excrete a nasty slime when injured and will make the frog not want to touch another worm.

Night crawlers are the best IMO 0you can get them in walmarts in the sorting goods department. Make sure to get ones that are
unscented and no dyes.

I get mine from the local pet store.

Hope this helps.

So to the left of the worm where it would be before the bump, or to the left after the bump? From what I'm getting you end up with 3/4 of a worm and 1/4 of it's other half?

Also would one worm each be too big for my ACFs? They aren't adults, but they are getting bigger! I usually feed them about 3 reptomin sticks a day with a day skipped here and there. I don't break the reptomin up at all anymore and they are gobbling it up like pigs.

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Yes from the end that looks like an arrow.
and cut where the pinter is at for the intestine or where the m is at then end of the word "clitellum" or as far as the Segmental ganglion.
with out killing the rest of the worm.

I would start with the smaller pice and go from there.

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Btw
I didn't read your post entirely.,
if you cut at the places I said you will get one end that will live and the other that won't live but you can feed to the frog
right then.

It is not like a liver fluke worm that can be split in half length wise and it will be two worms. LOL

[LeClownBlanc]

Sorry but I don't have a way to demonstrate on the photo where to cut other than if you look at the illustration
the right side above the bump in the middle of the worm is where you don't want to cut.
You want to cut from the other end that is to the left of the bump.

And you want to stay way from red wigglers they excrete a nasty slime when injured and will make the frog not want to touch another worm.

Night crawlers are the best IMO 0you can get them in walmarts in the sorting goods department. Make sure to get ones that are
unscented and no dyes.

I get mine from the local pet store.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the heads up. Are the frogs likely to eat them whole?
I will look for night crawlers though.

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[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Thanks for the heads up. Are the frogs likely to eat them whole?
I will look for night crawlers though.

Depends on the size of the worm and if the frogs are full grown adults. about 2inches STV
The Canadian night crawlers I have been getting have been about 3 to 4 inches long when contracted.
And can be up to 6 in when they stretch out.

So I would start with 1 inch pieces and feed as much as they will eat in 10 min. piece by piece.

[LeClownBlanc]

Depends on the size of the worm and if the frogs are full grown adults. about 2inches STV
The Canadian night crawlers I have been getting have been about 3 to 4 inches long when contracted.
And can be up to 6 in when they stretch out.

So I would start with 1 inch pieces and feed as much as they will eat in 10 min. piece by piece.

They won't mind it if it's dead?
The frogs aren't fully grown. They are about 4-5months old and maybe 3" or a bit longer when stretched out.

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[LeClownBlanc]

Also should I skip a day or two after feeding them a worm?
Right now I feed them near daily because they are young. But they usually scarf down their three sticks of reptomin like nothing :P

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[mpmistr]

Feed juvenile frogs under 1 year daily. Once they're a year old you can feed every other day.

[LeClownBlanc]

Feed juvenile frogs under 1 year daily. Once they're a year old you can feed every other day.

right now they get 3 sticks a day, is this excessive or should I give them more? They scavange around for a bit after feedings.

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