Need opinion....my daughter wants a Worm Farm in the house
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Hi everyone. I need some advice or opinions. My daughter has gotten it into her head that she now wants a Worm Farm kit in the house. Ok, but We already have our dog, A fiddler crab and a worm in a jar we have had all winter. Soooo should I do it. Oh, and we have had a butterfly enclosure in the house last year. Has anyone here had the worm kits before and what is the best kind to get. :)
yes, she is a little odd. lol.
yes, she is a little odd. lol.
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Originally Posted by thequiltmama
Hi everyone. I need some advice or opinions. My daughter has gotten it into her head that she now wants a Worm Farm kit in the house. Ok, but We already have our dog, A fiddler crab and a worm in a jar we have had all winter. Soooo should I do it. Oh, and we have had a butterfly enclosure in the house last year. Has anyone here had the worm kits before and what is the best kind to get. :)
yes, she is a little odd. lol.
yes, she is a little odd. lol.
#3
Sorry i can't help, but she is not wierd at all. We had all kinds of animals at my house before we had a dog and a cat. One of them was Ant Farm, but my kids loved it and enjoyed watching the ants until they lasted!!!
Enjoy her childhood with her :lol:
Enjoy her childhood with her :lol:
#5
I don't know about IN the house, if it gets knocked over you've really got a mess, if you have plants that dirt after they've been in it for a while is the best you can get!
we didn't have a kit, we had a big bed in the yard, like at the bait shops
have fun and enjoy her while you can, before you know it she'll be grown
we didn't have a kit, we had a big bed in the yard, like at the bait shops
have fun and enjoy her while you can, before you know it she'll be grown
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She sounds exactly like my daughter who currently is breeding pond snails in her bedroom. Before that were mealie worms. Before that frogs, before that...well you get where I'm going. She's going off to college as an Animal Science major, pre-vet so it's in the blood I'm afraid. As a parent you just have to foster their interests and try to look away sometimes so they can "do their thing."
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I did this over my husband's strenuous and regularly repeated objections. It so greatly reduced our household garbage. You can compost all your food scraps, junk mail, non-glossy papers, including paper towels, paper plates, napkins. I kept the bin (eventually added a second) going for more than two years. This year, between one week and another, the worms all died. I was so sad. Also, the bins began to stink (I mean STINK in big letters). Husband insists I begin a compost bin without hte worms, but I'm not sure...I got to really like the little critters and this from a girl who refused to touch the earthworms in high school and college biology classes when it came to dissection! They are really interesting. Search "worm composting" on the web for more information. Definitely, go for it!
#8
'Sounds healthy to me. There are sooooooo many other things that could garner their interests. It might be fun to watch them.(Kids and worms) I would be sure there is a tight fitting screen on the top. Little things might go squish during a nightime trip to the bathroom. OOOOHH!
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Originally Posted by nycquilter
I did this over my husband's strenuous and regularly repeated objections. It so greatly reduced our household garbage. You can compost all your food scraps, junk mail, non-glossy papers, including paper towels, paper plates, napkins. I kept the bin (eventually added a second) going for more than two years. This year, between one week and another, the worms all died. I was so sad. Also, the bins began to stink (I mean STINK in big letters). Husband insists I begin a compost bin without hte worms, but I'm not sure...I got to really like the little critters and this from a girl who refused to touch the earthworms in high school and college biology classes when it came to dissection! They are really interesting. Search "worm composting" on the web for more information. Definitely, go for it!
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