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Question: Fire Salamander and Nightcrawler

manderkeeper

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Has anyone had luck feeding Canadian nightcrawlers to adult fire salamanders? None of mine seem interested, not sure if cutting in half would help? I am adding isopods to their diet this week so hoping that will give them something else to eat. So far they've only taken roaches and crickets.
 

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It's sometimes easier to tempt reluctant salamanders with whole small nightcrawlers rather than large ones cut up. I don't know why, but once they are taking the small ones they can often be moved on to chopped ones without any problems.
 
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