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mice and mites question

18 years ago

I've just ordered my first worm bin from a local man who sells them at our farmers market, and I have a few questions before it arrives next week.

I'm going to keep it either in our basement or heated garage (both of which stay about 60-65' F in winter) My first choice would be the garage (the rest of my family isn't too fond of having worms in the house) but we often will have a few mice living in our garage over winter. All other food products in the garage (birdseed, dogfood, etc) are in closed containers, but the worm bin won't be completely mouse-proof. Will the mice dig in it to try and eat the food scraps?

Keeping it in the basement would keep it away from mice, but I've read that mites can live in the compost bin. I keep my pet rabbits in the basement, and I don't want to risk infecting them with mites. Are the mites in the worm bin the same kind that will go after animals?

Thanks in advance!

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