Bad reaction

[Mozza]

So I have three tiger salamanders, I have read a few things on here which says that I should be feeding them earth worms instead of crickets as a staple diet, so attempting this two of my salamanders they ate two halves and that's all well and good, I tried to feed the other one a worm and it flipped out and went crazy running all around the tank and it was like he was really stressed has anyone got any ideas of why this happened?


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[Teeglor]

That is rather strange...

I put a pill bug in my tank for my tiger to hunt once. He didn't notice, and when the bug brushed up against him he let out a squeak! lol

I'm guessing it startled him since he rarely gets pill bugs and crickets.

Maybe your guy was startled or scared of the worm? Or maybe he just really wanted to escape for some reason.

Try hand feeding it to him next time, perhaps that will ease him.


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[RPM]

What type of earthworms are they?
Did the one that went crazy eventually eat the worm and settle down?
Depending upon the size of your tigers, try feeding this one whole worms. Some are put off a little by the taste of the raw end of cut nightcrawlers.

 

[Chinadog]

I've seen salamanders behave like that with red wrigglers before, especially chopped ones. They usually try to rub their mouths on the substrate to get rid of the foul taste at the same time.

 

[Mozza]

He did calm down as soon as the worm was the other side of the tank and was being chomped on by one of the others it was just really strange he wouldn't go anywhere near it even.


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