Making Worms Sleepy

[Debacle]

I have a problem with my live worms. It's not a problem with keeping them alive. I can usually keep them going for a few days in this.



The problem is they get a bit too active and get a bit bitey with each other and you end up with them falling to bits sometimes as they go on the hook.

Many years ago I knew a bloke who had a mate who was a chemist and had access to expired prescription drugs that were supposed to be destroyed and he used to get amocycillin and grind it into a powder and add to the water in his worm tray and this sedated the worms while still keeping them alive.

Does anyone know any other ways of slowing them down. I have no problem keeping them alive, it's just that they are a bit too live.

I sometimes, due to my shiftwork use a sedative called restavit which is essentially just an antihistamine, is it possible that it could work if dissolved into the water in the baitbox ?

Any ideas ???

[Dorian]

Hi John,
I know from experience with beach worms, that cooling the water down to about 10 degrees will keep them alive and slow them down, that helps keep them good for a few more days. In summer with just changing the water, I could only keep them in good condition for a few days and then they start to break apart. If I chuck in a frozen soft drink bottle wrapped in plastic, I often get 4-5 days out of them. Found if they get much below 10ish for too long they start to die.

Cheers Glen