Feeding crickets to paddletail newt

Not totally sure.

I Bought crickets and have them there own tank box thing...

Do they need to be killed first/ have legs or head or any body part removed or will my padded tail eat them whole..

Will it take him a while to eat it.... Does he need to get used to it?

Also i tried to put a live one in and it swam around.... is that suppose to happen 0_o

yup, just drop them in the water and your newts will react on it's movement. mine takes crickets about once a week.

So like they do swim then.. but will he kill it quick?

The newt should swallow it whole. If the cricket is too big for the newt to swallow, then get smaller crickets.

Crickets are a good source of protein, but have a poor calcium balance. They should not be the newt's primary food source.

[Ryan]

If you do plan on feeding your newt a lot of crickets, you should feed the crickets some type of high calcium food, there is a product that I feed my crickets for my leopard gecko called gutload.