spookgoblin
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I am racking my brain trying to figure out how to get my poor newts to eat again. I have four Northwestern Salamanders, all around a year or two old, and a six-year-old T. granulosa. For the past one or two weeks, most of them have been refusing food. On occasion, a few of them will accept food, but it's only ever the same newts. The rest won't even pay attention to food when it's in front of them.
In the past, I fed Cyrax, the T. granulosa, freeze-dried bloodworms, but once the little guys joined the herd, I discovered that only live food would suffice for them. For a while, I was feeding them all mealworms and that made them all pretty happy. On a few occasions, however, some of them had stopped eating, and I even lost one a while ago because I couldn't get him to eat.
Lately, however, I have been at a loss. I tried changing their tank to be mostly terrestrial since they all seem to prefer land, with lots of dirt. Mostly, this was so they could be fed easier because the gravel they had before made it easy for their food to escape. I also figured it would better mimic their natural environment. I put in some live moss cultures tonight in hopes that it would increase the air quality and moisture. I know it can be stressful to make such big changes, but the big shift was around a week ago and I'm starting to worry because their behavior hasn't changed.
Tonight, I tried feeding them wax worms just to see if I could get a response. Nothing.
I tried live crickets, but they didn't seem remotely interested in them either. All they want to do is hide in the dark. It worries me a lot because one in particular is starting to get very lethargic and skinny and I want to help him.
Thank you for reading my ridiculously long rant.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Any help is extremely appreciated.
In the past, I fed Cyrax, the T. granulosa, freeze-dried bloodworms, but once the little guys joined the herd, I discovered that only live food would suffice for them. For a while, I was feeding them all mealworms and that made them all pretty happy. On a few occasions, however, some of them had stopped eating, and I even lost one a while ago because I couldn't get him to eat.
Lately, however, I have been at a loss. I tried changing their tank to be mostly terrestrial since they all seem to prefer land, with lots of dirt. Mostly, this was so they could be fed easier because the gravel they had before made it easy for their food to escape. I also figured it would better mimic their natural environment. I put in some live moss cultures tonight in hopes that it would increase the air quality and moisture. I know it can be stressful to make such big changes, but the big shift was around a week ago and I'm starting to worry because their behavior hasn't changed.
Tonight, I tried feeding them wax worms just to see if I could get a response. Nothing.
I tried live crickets, but they didn't seem remotely interested in them either. All they want to do is hide in the dark. It worries me a lot because one in particular is starting to get very lethargic and skinny and I want to help him.
Thank you for reading my ridiculously long rant.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Any help is extremely appreciated.