Food for Mississippi Slimy Salamander morphs.

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Hello everyone. I'm having trouble getting my newly terrestrial Sals to eat anything. I tried cut up bits of earthworms but they don't seem too interested. Are they just stressed from morphing? Or maybe the food is too big for them? Are white worms an alternative to try to coax them to eat? Any help and advise would be appreciated.
 
I'd keep them on forest floor substrate. I'd seed the substrate with springtails, dwarf isopods, and white worms. I'd try supplemental feedings of chopped small earthworms, pinhead crickets, and fruit flies. I'd just let uneaten chopped earthworms in the tank. The springtails, isopods, and white worms should eat the leftovers.
 
Thank you so much for the reply Michael. I'll definitely put some spring tails and white worms on the menu for them.
 
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