Question: Unhealthy night crawler?

[sde]

Hi all,

So I get worms from outside my house for my newts, nice healthy night crawlers and earthworms. But recently it has been very cold, even in the spots where there are usually a lot of worms there are none. So I decided to dig in the muddiest spot that I could find in hopes that there would be some there. It has been below 20 degrees Fahrenheit when I get up the last few mornings if that helps explain how cold it is. So anyway I was digging and found a nice enough earthworm and then a huge night crawler. That was it. But the night crawler doesn't look good. It is mangled, pale-ish, and not moving much. So could this be a unhealthy worm? Would he be safe to feed to my newts? I don't want to risk it so I am going to get some from the store, but for future reference, do you think he is safe to feed?
Thanks! -Seth

 

[otolith]

Could to be moving much due to the temperature, maybe has some frost damage. If I found a bunch of worms I would not feed any iffy ones to my animals, but in a pinch it would probably be fine. I feed a lot of garden worms to my animals as well and have not had any problems.

 

[sde]

Thank you otolith! I think i wont feed it, id hate to harm my newts. ill look again for some worms tomorrow. Thanks again! -Seth