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Night crawler

Shilling

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Just like to say hi, been browsing on here fore some time, I am a new proud owner of 2 eastern tiger sals and 2 fire sals.
I have been reading a lot of people's threads trying to pick up ideas and I hear a lot about night crawlers. Wot are night crawlers?

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Paul
 

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Ok thanks for the replie, any type of earth worm? Iv been feeding lob and dendroobeina, do you just throw them in the viv and let the sals find them r put them in a plastic tub so it is easier for them to find?

Also wot is people's view on crickets, I keep a lot of darts but refuse to use crickets incase they bite, would it be the same with sals?

Cheers

Paul
 

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I prefer garden worms, but Canadian night crawlers are generally the most suggested particularly for larger salamanders like tiger sals and fire sals. I generally offer them via tweezers or in a shallow dish. You can also add a few to the substrate as well. Crickets will always present a risk for gnawing on your sals/frogs. When I feed them though I remove the back legs and only offer a few at a time. Always remove uneaten crickets to avoid them biting your critters. Canadian night crawlers can be quite long, I find it easier for the sals to consume them when cut in half(or smaller, depending on the age/size of the sals you keep). Hope this has helped and welcome to Caudata.org!

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