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Feeding Earthworms to Fire-Belly Newts

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I have been feeding my fire-bellies newt pellets but they haven't been eating lately. So i tried feeding them each a small earthworm. They ate them each very fast. Is that Ok to feed them? Is it better to feed them live food? Is it good to vary the diet?
 
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Earthworms are the definitive, unchallenged, superfood for caudates, there´s just nothing better.
You should feed an staple of worms, and vary the diet with the pellets, frozen bloodworms, small crickets, waxworms, isopods, tubifex, small slugs, artemia, frozen gammarus, etc....
Live foods are always better, but some commercially available frozen foods are a very decent choice when used as part of a healthy diet, and they are very practical for you.
 
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