Question: When to switch to blackworms?

[Hollystark]

How big should larvae be when you switch them to chopped blackworms? I have 11 babies, the largest are about 3/4 of an inch.

 

[ron1fritsch]

For 3 straight years, I have been gathering Eastern Tiger salamander eggs and raising them to the end of summer. After 2-3 weeks of age, which puts them at 0.75" in length, I cut up blackworms and feed them this until they get to 1.5"- change them over to small cut worms.

My babies are 7.5 weeks old and are nearing 3" in length and are feed morning and evening small worms. They will transform in mid-August usually 5-6".
I take pictures and then release them in Sept or early October when heavy rains are predicted.

Hope this helps. Good luck!
Ron

 

[Otterwoman]

When I raise larvae, I start with blackworms and feed those until it's time to switch to earthworms. I mince the blackworms and let them gradually be larger until I just chop them a bit. Then I start the same with earthworms - I mince them, add them to some chopped blackworms, and gradually change it to all minced earthworms until the pieces are bigger and bigger until I feed them whatever size the adults take.