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Hello all,
I am new to these forums, and the proud owner of three baby common snappers.

Alright worms of my snappers diet. Right now I have no access to earthworms( a good food source when the time was right), now the ground is solid and worms are scarce.

My turtles have a diverse diet consisting of; bloodworms, earthworms(actually not anymore for now), crickets, reptomin baby, occasional ghost shrimp, beefheart, guppies, and the occasional veggies.

Being that earthworms were a good wholesome meal, and are gone I was feeding frozen bloodworms(more often). But what I haven't mentioned is that i'm allergic to them, and thank goodness I've finished the last frozen BW cube.

So, when I goto the petstore I was will buy other frozen things. Are glass worms alright, have you tried them before? Or would freeze dried tubifex worms be better?(Tubifex worms would be easier, as they come in tiny cubes, and I also have a newt.)

Your opinions would be helpful,
Thanx

i don't think you need to use any of the other worms you mentioned...yes they are good but it sounds like you have a good variety of other foods without the worms. i too feed earthworms to my snapper, but during the winter he gets none. since you have other good food sources don't worry about excluding worms from the diet all together until warmer months return. you could try bait shops for earthworms in the mean time.. or order them online. or during the summer months, especially after it rains, collect a ton of them.. and somehow store them. maybe make a worm box that you can keep in a cool place inside during the winter...that way next winter you have them

Thanks Phantom,
Your right, I probably do not need to goout and buy expensive worms with my turtles an there already varied diet.

I will most likely do what you said, with the worm storage box. I actually did have a maragrine container filled with sevral worms collected after a rainstorm, but lots of them crawled out fron the lid, and into my drawers,....YUCK! lol