Newly Morphed Newts - Feeding???

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Hi

I have some freshly morphed palmate newts (very small) and some alpines, what is the best food for these new morphs as they have been feasting on daphnia and small bloodworms in the recent aquatic stage.

Lee
 
To some extent, the answer depends on whether you are able to keep the morphs semi-aquatic, or whether they need to be raised terrestrially. In the case of the alpines, this may depend on the subspecies (M.a. apuanus tend to be able to be raised aquatically, and maybe some of the other subspecies also can). I'm not familiar enough with palmate newts to have a clue about which housing they need.

These pages may help get you started:
http://groups.google.com/group/Urodela/web/raising-metamorphosed-juvenile-salamanders
http://www.caudata.org/people/JM/Cp_juv.html
and hopefully some other folks can give you some advice on whether or not to try raising these juveniles semi-aquatic versus terrestrial.
 
i would suggest white and black worms, springtails, the smaller strain of flightless fruit flies, and maybe some pin-head crickets. I also have palmate larvs, and you are not kidding about how small! These food choices are the best to make up a balanced and varied diet. Let us know what is working best!

Best of luck!

-jbherpin-
 
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