JAK
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At this point I'm running out of ideas on where to look for worms. I haven't acquired any pets yet (plan on getting adult Eastern Newts) so there aren't any hungry mouths to cause a sense of urgency, but in preparation I'm trying to get all the required things together. I've looked at a few of the nearby tropical fish/pet stores, one of which has a dedicated reptile amphibian section. Neither of them were particularly helpful as far as the staffs knowledge so I'm sort of at a loss for where to actually purchase live Earthworms/Bloodworms/Blackworms. All I can find on the big two web stores (amazon/ebay) are freeze dried or otherwise processed worms. I don't doubt those would work but I'd prefer to have live food to offer.
I can find plenty of live meal-worms and crickets of various sizes but I understand meal-worms are not recommended and crickets seem far less frequently mentioned than worms. Would it be acceptable to try a bait shop, or are their worms likely to have been exposed to toxins that might affect my newts? There are a number of popular tourist fishing locations in the are so come this spring I should be able to pick up a styro-foam cup of wild-caught night-crawlers from a roadside stand without too much trouble. Is their some store I just don't know about? If anyone could point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it.
I can find plenty of live meal-worms and crickets of various sizes but I understand meal-worms are not recommended and crickets seem far less frequently mentioned than worms. Would it be acceptable to try a bait shop, or are their worms likely to have been exposed to toxins that might affect my newts? There are a number of popular tourist fishing locations in the are so come this spring I should be able to pick up a styro-foam cup of wild-caught night-crawlers from a roadside stand without too much trouble. Is their some store I just don't know about? If anyone could point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it.