I fed woodlice to my paddletails today ? Is this ok ?

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They gobbled up the woodlice greedily

will it do any harm to the newts
 
Woodlice are fine as a food. If you're collecting them outdoors you need to be sure they're from an area free from pesticides.
 
crunchy

hmmmm, are woodlice really worth eating? Do they contain any nutrients? I imagine worms contain more, maybe you could dust them with vitamin powder (unless they're underwater of course).
I fed a woodlouse to one of my cynops orientalis,, it ate it then spat it out 5 seconds later, I thought it might have been to hard to digest? i know paddle tails can tackle more challenging prey though, becasue they take fish dont they? anyway, yea, I'm not sure if this is a question or just a reply...
 
I think paddletails will eat anything remotely resembling food. Woodlice are an ok part of a balanced diet.

I've found that if I feed my critters something they've not eaten in a while, like crickets (I only rarely feed them crickets), they'll spit them out a few times before actually eating them.
 
I feed woodlice to my newts in the winter sometimes if I run out of other live foods and it's too cold to order more. They're fine for a treat, but I wouldn't use them for a staple diet.
 
Woodlice are actually a good source of calcium...

Ed
 
my bigger paddletail ate 2 of my fish before i moved him
 
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