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Food for the winter

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carly

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Hi,
I'm wondering what I should feed my newts for the winter. I have 2 t. grans. and I've been feeding them earthworms from my garden at home all summer, before that they were getting dry horrible stuff (that I know they shouldn't have...) anyway, they are obviously not keen on starting in on that again, and the ground is going to freeze pretty soon so there will be no more worms. The pet store nearby doesn't carry worms etc. so I was wondering if there are any alternatives. I saw a post about beef heart...
Thanks
Carly
 
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danny

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Carly, If you ask the people at the local pet store if they have frozen blood worms. I know most of the big name ones in Canada usually all have freezers located somewhere in the store. Inside should be lots of frozen blood worm cubes, brine shrimp, etc
 
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jeff

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If you have the time and space, an alternative you might consider is culturing your own earthworms during the winter. All you need is a nice sized tub, some soil and food for the worms (i.e. decaying vegetables). If you need any more info, Jen wrote a wonderful article on this subject here: http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/worms.shtml
 
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ian

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Hey, more Canadians! Great!
Anyway, I think there must be some fishing supply store in Hamilton. Try finding a store that sell bait. I bought my worms from there. But make sure you ask where they got the worms. Make sure is chemical free.
 
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jeff

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<blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1>Ian Choi wrote on Wednesday, 21 September, 2005 - 04:40 :</font>

". But make sure you ask where they got the worms. Make sure is chemical free."<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote>

Buying bait to use as food is a bit risky. Unfortunately one member on this board lost just about their entire collection of newts because of tainted live bait used as food.
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carly

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That's good to know. Will it be chemical free if I buy it from a pet store? I'm sure there are no guarantees there... but...
 
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I also have a difficult time obtaining worms, so I recently started a worm farm. It's surprisingly easy, doesn't stink if you bury the scraps), and fun to watch the worms grow. I'd recommend it if you have the space for it.
 
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jennifer

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I think bait worms are generally safe. I've never heard of any catastrophes following the use of bait earthworms. In my experience, the ones at bait shops or Walmart seem to be fresher than the ones at pet shops.
 
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