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Feeding of Steatoda nobilis to fire salamander

searnewton

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Hello

I have recently moved and found that i live with a lot of these Steatoda nobilis a type of false widow spider, I just wanted to know if it would be a bad idea to feed the smaller ones to my fire salamander as they can have a wasp sting like bite, and he not being the nimblest of eaters so they may get a chance to bite also with venom in them would it make them poisonous to him?

Thanks in advance
 

Mark

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I would err on the side of caution and not feed them to your salamander.
 

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Considering that they would be such an insignificant snack at best, why would you take the risk? There really is no reason to...
 
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