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I've heard a few opinions on this.... do newts really eat these pellets? The guy at the store gave them to me and assured me they would eat them... and it wasn't some teenager at a pet store... I actually went to a highly reputable store that specializes in fish and amphibians. I'm seeing in these forums though people saying they won't eat them. I have put the pellets in there and I don't see them... I'm not sure if my guys ate them or if they got mixed in with the gravel. I've seen one of the more common problems in the forums is newts not eating and I sure would like to know for sure if mine are or not.
 
I feed pellets to all of my amphibians. The only problem with pellets is you have to move them in front of the newt's face if you want them to eat it.
ciao
 
Even reputable stores that specialize in fish and amphibians can make mistakes and it is usually the case that a worker may not be knowledgeable in all animals. He may know frogs, for instance, but not salamanders and newts.

That being said many newts will eat pellets. My newt would often eat pellets, sniffing them out and inhaling them. I fed my newt in a feeding dish to keep the pellets from being lost like you mentioned. I don't feed pellets anymore but some people use them as a staple. Some are better than others and the one I hear the most about, and used by the Axolotl colony, are salmon pellets by Rangen. Terrestrial animals will usually not eat pelleted foods.

I personally would recommend supplementing their diet with live foods like blackworms and earthworms also.
 
I feed my animals (both aquatic and terrestrial) soaked reptomin sticks offered on forceps. I feed a variety of live and prepared food on a rotating basis and this is just one item in the mix. Overall most of the Tylototritons seem to enjoy them as well as the Pachytritons and some T. alpestris (or whatever the current genus is being called) that I kept years ago. All of the mentioned animals are more or less used to eating from forceps. I'm not sure if they would react the same if the pellets were just floating in the water.
Chip
 
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