Earthworm-eating Corgi

[FoxysMommy]

I feel embarrassed saying this, but Foxy eats earthworms.

The dead, dried-up kind that are on the sidewalks after a rainstorm (if you hear any news about the Northeast US, you can probably guess there are LOTS of them right now). Anyway, I don't "let" her eat them, but she does manage to sneak a couple down before I can get her away from them.

Can anyone tell me if this is particularly bad for her if she gets one or two during a walk?

What have your corgis (or is it corgyn?) eaten and survived?

[Fluffypants]

Jackie has eaten a few in her day, and she's still sassily trotting along. She doesn't anymore, as she has gotten much better with LEAVE IT. (not perfect . . . but better!)

I think she should be ok. Just keep working on it. Jackie used to remind me of a fluffy dustbuster . . . anything within tongue range was eaten . . .quickly! But we worked at leave it, and drop it, and . . . like I said . . . *better*.

Stay vigilant!

[corgimom]

My dog has eaten rabbit poop and it didn't make him ill, but per my vet they
can get worms from that. However, I found a dead bunny in my front yard
yesterday and I think people are putting out poison for them to eat because
the bunnies have been in everyones yards eating plants - so I am wondering
if Cody eats the poop of a rabbit that ate poison, could that cause trouble?
He seems to find those little pellets even way down in the grass.

He doesn't like the worms, but I do not think it would do them any harm, after
all, some people eat fried ones, don't they? - not me though . yuk! Ask your
vet and see what he/she says.

linda

[Chip's Mom]

Linda:

That would be a good Vet question. I know if a rat eats poison, their droppings turn blue or the color of the poison.If I think of it, I will ask my vet tomorrow. We have a lot of bunnies in our yard too. Chip chases them without much success lol

[Fluffypants]

They are poisoning bunnies?

[corgimom]

Yes, I know, that makes me sad also - I really don't care if they eat some of my flowers, because I have plenty to go around, and they only choose certain kinds and colors. But that is all I can come up with that someone put poison out because I found him dead in the front/side of our house right under our basketball hoop. People in the neighborhood have been complaining about them - our one adjacent neighbor set traps and is going to transport them out into the country. We have lots of new construction going up around here and all these critters are making their homes in our yards now - moles, voles, saw a fox the other day and rabbits.

Linda

[Chip's Mom]

Chip found a dead fishworm on the sidewalk this morning, flat and dried out. He tried real hard to pick it up and eat it but with his overbite, he couldn't quite accomplish it. That is one good thing about an overbite.

[Michael Romanos]

I would not discourage Corgis from eating earthworms or any other ordinary garden worms as they are good nutritional value.
There is a very fat green worm in the USA - can't recall its name but the worm is excellent for humans to eat in a raw state. I once saw a doco on this green worm and the guy who had a worm farm for the green fat things, piled a whole heap of them straight into a juicer and then poured the result into a large glass and gulped down the lot. It nearly made me sick - but the emphasis is on how really great the worms are for a healthy drink/meal.

[corgimom]

Green worms made into a drink - okay, you have ruined my appetite.

linda

[Chip's Mom]

That is gross!

[disraeli]

Yes, Rhys likes to eat crusty earthworms off the sidewalk. Down here, it gets so hot that it's hard to get them off the sidewalk (they kind of "bake" - yuck) so he luckily doesn't get too many.

And, no, he's never burned his tongue, either.

[Shelly]

My older corgi (12 yrs old) loves petrified worms (glued to the sidewalk after a rain), and bunny poop. Of the two I think her favorite is the worms, they're so much more precious, and you have to really scrape your teeth to peel them off the sidewalk (and they like a challenge). I hate it when I see her eat these things but thus far she hasn't gotten sick from it and I can hardly stop her, by the time I see her doing it, it's swallowed. We now have a 5 month old corgi pup and I hope she doesn't teach him about her favorite treats.

[Michael Romanos]

Don't discourage your Corgi from eating earthworms because they are a good source of food - as long as the worms have not been very recently or immediately prior, associated with other unmentionable things.