invasion

Posted by Tom Jacobs on September 25, 2012 at 12:26am

My worm farm has been invaded by rats (bad design - my fault)

do rats eat worms?

The reason I ask is that there seems to be a lot less worms in my worm farm,

unless they have escaped through the rat hole.

any input is greatly appreciated.

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  • hyde street September 25, 2012 at 8:42am

    yes rats do eat worms and can clean out a worm farm or compost fast! but seem to only like tiger worms as far as i know. seen it more than once....... hope you dont mind rat traps. good luck

     

     

    • Tom Jacobs > hyde street September 26, 2012 at 5:17am

      rats! -

      thank you Anna but, I don't feed the worms any meat scraps

      thank you Greg - It looks like I'll need to start over.

      I built the worm farm in an old orchard kiwi crate

      the moistness of the soil caused the wood to rot - easier for the rats to chew through.

      Would lining it with heavy plastic resolve my problem?

  • Anna Holmes September 25, 2012 at 4:37am

    I read that if you throw meat scraps in your farm, rats and mice will eventually invade. I hope they don't eat your worms - that would be horrific! Lets just say they escaped are living happily in your garden somewhere. :-) Good luck! 

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