gutted - worm devastation.. could it be slugs?
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 9:08 pm
This is my first post on this board. I am currently processing the tragedy that just occurred in my worm bin. I have had it for 10 years and many generations since the first handful of worms and I am gutted.
I got back from 2 week holiday on Monday, checked on them quickly, noticed they were trying to escape and looked weirdly thin. I didn't think too much of it - maybe just too wet and hadn't been fed for a while - so added some shredded cardboard and forgot about it.
Then today I went to check on them again and they are all dead and it smells really bad. I looked for any survivors but none.. just lots of flat corpses.
I've had a problem with slugs in the bin and a few weeks ago when there were about 10 big ones in there I took the ill-conceived step of cutting them in half with scissors. It was a truly repulsive activity and I was so distracted that I didn't think about what the slug corpses would do to the balance of the bin. I now think it must have been that... slug revenge.
I really hope some worms escaped... Has anyone else had this experience?
I will need to start again.
I got back from 2 week holiday on Monday, checked on them quickly, noticed they were trying to escape and looked weirdly thin. I didn't think too much of it - maybe just too wet and hadn't been fed for a while - so added some shredded cardboard and forgot about it.
Then today I went to check on them again and they are all dead and it smells really bad. I looked for any survivors but none.. just lots of flat corpses.
I've had a problem with slugs in the bin and a few weeks ago when there were about 10 big ones in there I took the ill-conceived step of cutting them in half with scissors. It was a truly repulsive activity and I was so distracted that I didn't think about what the slug corpses would do to the balance of the bin. I now think it must have been that... slug revenge.
I really hope some worms escaped... Has anyone else had this experience?
I will need to start again.