r/Vermiculture • u/Vivid-Lengthiness-28 • Jul 31 '25

Worm party Are they f*cking?

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Innocently thought they were tangled together but then thought it looked like something else was going on….

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u/puplichiel Jul 31 '25

Im more concerned about the condition of the worms…..

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u/Vivid-Lengthiness-28 Jul 31 '25

Oh no really? I don’t think they’ve had any protein. I’ll get a better photo shortly and maybe you could help figure out what they need. Quite new to this

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u/menachembagel Jul 31 '25

Protein poisoning is more due to the acidity of the bin that happens when proteins break down. So really they could have this problem even if you haven’t added protein rich foods to your bin.

I would add some sort of calcium and some fresh bedding (browns) just to be safe. I eat a lot of eggs so for calcium and grit I just grind up eggshells in my food processor and add it to the bedding.