Feeding earthworms to fire bellied newts

[BlackWolf25]

Hi everyone. I caught some earth worms and 2 night crawlers yesterday. I was just wondering how would feed them to my Newts.

 

[NecturusLindsay]

I would be careful feeding wild caught earthworms...they can have some nasty parasites. I speak from experience!

 

[pete]

Check out this link. I wouldn't be too worried about your wild caught earthworms. Just try to use worms that haven't been exposed to pesticides or fertilizers.

 

[BlackWolf25]

That helps a little bit, but i have 8 newts. That would take a long time to feed them.

 

[Nathan050793]

That helps a little bit, but i have 8 newts. That would take a long time to feed them.

Well, considering they only need to be feed 3 or 4 times per week, is it really such a big deal to take 5 minutes to chop up the worms and 20-ish to feed them? That's really the only way that you are going to feed a medium to large sized worm (particularly nightcrawlers) to a small newt.

 

[Jennewt]

I know someone who has raised hundreds of juvenile newts using the method shown (chopped worm bits offered on a toothpick). Some things in life are worth the tedium and patience required!

 

[BlackWolf25]

Yeah I know, ill take the time on them.

 

[End]

i have used and still using mainly earthworms for juvies and adults newts ( chopped offered with toothpick) this sure take time and patience ( not every newt will accept them at first) but in my opinion is the best diet you can offer.

 

[BlackWolf25]

What about the smaller worms?

 

[Jennewt]

What about the smaller worms?

Same way. Unless they are small enough to be eaten whole.

 

[caudatadude28]

I have had luck wiggling thawed frozen bloodworms on a cabob stick for my little noto morphs. It took some time for some to eat them(about 1 week), but they all eventually did. I will introduce chopped earthworms slowly later once they get bigger.

 

[BlackWolf25]

Well, I caught come that are like 1-3 inches long

 

[Jennewt]

As a generalization (not always true), a newt can usually eat a whole worm that is the length of the newt or shorter.

 

[BlackWolf25]

Ok thanks for all the help everyone, it really helped a lot.