After months of planning...

[travis]

... I finally got some newts. I've been reading the threads posted here and waiting for the perfect opportunity to get them and everything came together yesterday. I picked these little guys up in a pet store in Sacramento for $4.99 each. I think they are Eastern Newts?? Two seem to have a fondness for the moss and the other likes to stay in the water as much as possible. They all ate the live brown worms i had yesterday, but they don't want to eat today. Hopefully this will not be a long term trend. Anyways, i am extremely happy about this and am glad to have joined the ranks of this hobby. Thanks for looking!!

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[garrison]

That's great that you have decided to do your research before going out and getting some newts. It is something we encourage on this forum. You have eastern newts. There is a care sheet for this species on the caudata culture section of this webpage here:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Notophthalmus/N_viridescens.shtml

I wouldn't worry if they don't accept food again immediately. They look very healthy and if they've already accepted food, they will probably feed again soon. Good luck and congrats!