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Morph not eating

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becky

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I posted earlier on what to feed my new morph (a smooth newt) and I have been trying to feed him frozen bloodworms but he is not eating. This is the third week he has not eaten anything, is this normal? Is there anything I can do to make him eat?
 
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joan

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Morphs usually tend to go some time without eating. Have you tried small live food such as pinhead crickets or flightless fruit flies?
 
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ian

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I found that chopped earthworms are more easily taken by my Cynops Orientalis than frozen bloodworm.
 
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becky

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I'll buy some pin head crickets today, do you know where I could find wingless fruit fly?
I'll also look for some earth worms, but he is so tiny I'm not sure I can chop an earth worm that small...
 
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ian

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O. you can. just keep cutting adn cutting until... you get the idea.
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I think some big petshop will have fruit flies. Especially where they have dart frog for sale.
 
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jeff

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If you're keeping the morph on land then it will not eat frozen bloodworms.
 
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becky

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Yay!! He ate his first meal today! I caught a tiny crawly thing and left it in his cage on a little plate and he hunted it and ate it
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I'm so happy, he was looking skinny!
Thanks for the help guys
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