Red Spotted Newt

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I recently got a Red Spotted Newt from the wild and gave it a nice big habitat it is happy with, but I can't get it's attention to feed it. I used to handle him a lot but after I learned that's bad I stopped. Anyway, how do I get him to eat? I'm trying to feed him Waxworms which is what Wiki, and any forums I find say. Any help?
 
BTW, he's in Eft stage.

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Fruit flies. You can get a jar of them from Petco or Petsmart. The newt looks to be a large eft, so you could also try night crawlers, just cut pieces about a 1/4 inch long or smaller
 
Add a population of springtails and/or dwarf isopods to the enclosure. Vitamin dusted fruit flies should be offered as they hold the vitamin supplements well. You could also offer white worms as well as garden worms provided you can be sure no pesticides were used where you collect the worms.

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