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alyssa
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I know i know , not another "my fired belly newt won't eat threads" but i'm at my wits end. I did my research and know they are C. orientalis, i bought them about 4 weeks ago, four in total. The lady at the store sold me the frozen bloodworms she feeds them. They are living in a 20g tank, with live plants both in and out of water, water is 4 inches deep, land mass is approx 1/3 of the area.
2 of them are fat, happy, mostly aquatic, and hunt for their 'yummies' quite agressively. The smallest is mostly land loving, but if i place it in a bowl full of water, will happily eat it's worms once it has it's spaz-attack "oh my! I'm WET!?!?!!???!?!".
Now the one that is actually the 2nd biggest in length is so thin i'm really worried. Land bound also, and when placed in bowl of water with food just floats and swims. I've watched him for 20 minutes and nothing. In 4 weeks this newt has not eaten a single bite. And i watch them everytime i feed till all the food is gone. I can literally see ribs, pointy hip bones, and spinal cord through his skin. He was the same shape (fatness wise) as the other 3 when i got him. Him and the other little land lover slowly move around a few inches every 1/2 hour or so (my ones in the water are much more active). Land guys also seem to like the contact of each other, side by side and doggy-piled all the time.
How can i make him eat?! I don't wanna force-feed him but what else is there? Or has he just decided he doesn't wanna live anymore and is starving himself to death on purpose? I'm so confussed!
2 of them are fat, happy, mostly aquatic, and hunt for their 'yummies' quite agressively. The smallest is mostly land loving, but if i place it in a bowl full of water, will happily eat it's worms once it has it's spaz-attack "oh my! I'm WET!?!?!!???!?!".
Now the one that is actually the 2nd biggest in length is so thin i'm really worried. Land bound also, and when placed in bowl of water with food just floats and swims. I've watched him for 20 minutes and nothing. In 4 weeks this newt has not eaten a single bite. And i watch them everytime i feed till all the food is gone. I can literally see ribs, pointy hip bones, and spinal cord through his skin. He was the same shape (fatness wise) as the other 3 when i got him. Him and the other little land lover slowly move around a few inches every 1/2 hour or so (my ones in the water are much more active). Land guys also seem to like the contact of each other, side by side and doggy-piled all the time.
How can i make him eat?! I don't wanna force-feed him but what else is there? Or has he just decided he doesn't wanna live anymore and is starving himself to death on purpose? I'm so confussed!