Question: Are these foods ok?

[trisha84]

I was just wondering if frozen bloodworms and frozen brine shrimp were a good food to give to my newts. I know live is better, but are these two good choices?

Trisha

 

[iMash]

When the foods are frozen they lose some of the nutritional values, but frozen are better than freeze dried.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think they should be ok as part of a varied diet. From what I understand nightcrawlers (earthworms) are generally considered the backbone of a decent diet.

Here is a good article on food for caudates. There's also a few other pages on Caudata Culture about foods etc.

Hope this helps

 

[Nathan050793]

iMash is correct in saying that those are good occasional choices as part of a varied diet. As stated previously, earthworms make the best staple by far.

 

[trisha84]

Thank you for your help. I have been feeding pellet food for a long time and they were eating it well, until recently. They used to go after it like crazy as soon as it was in the tank, but now they wait a long time, so I decided to get some frozen food. I wasn't going to use it as their staple diet though.
So I guess I just cut up the earthworm and put it in their tank?
Thanks again,
Trisha.

 

[Azhael]

Yep. Cut them up or feed them whole if they are not too big. They are the absolute best food.

 

[trisha84]

I had no idea that earthworms were a great food choice for newts. I have had my CFB for almost 6 yrs and my 2 Rough Skinned newts for almost 2yrs and never fed them earthworms or any live food for that matter. I hope they like them.

 

[maelstrom]

just to add a bit which kind of "earthworms" are best? ie dew worms, nightcrawlers etc

 

[Azhael]

All "earthworms" are pretty much the same. Any species from the genera Eisenia, Dendrobaena or Lumbricus, which are the most common, are perfectly good.

 

[Blackman03]

Hey, thanks for your replies. I was looking for something to feed my salamander and this really helped!