Can Tigers Choke on Worms?

[JWWyo]

I've finally got both of my Tigers to eat now, but I was wondering if they can choke on earthworms? The larger of my two drug his worm back into the hide last night (the smaller prefers to eat in the water dish) and just now I saw him sitting out with the tail end of the worm sticking out of his mouth. Now I had no idea when he actually decided to eat the worm but he doesn't appear to be trying to swallow. He's just sitting there. When I started to reach into the tank, he ran into the hide again. I'm feeding "baby dillys" that are maybe 3-4 inches long.

 

[RPM]

It’s not unusual that recent tiger morphs have trouble adjusting to eating in their terrestrial state. In time they should get the hang of it. If you feel the worms are too large, try cutting them in half before feeding them. Some individual salamanders are more secluded than others.

 

[Sir Jagger]

I don't want to give you a definitive no because anything can happen but I wouldn't worry to much. Salamanders are capable of eating fairly large in comparison to their size. However you still need to feed them food that is an appropriate size. Worms (earthworms of some sort I assume) are are thin and often while in the process of swallowing the length of the worm it will hang out of their mouth until it gulps in the whole thing. As stated maybe cut them shorter. I have seen my some of my newts grab a worm not intended for them and a hair to long take in most of it and then spit the whole thing up because it didn't have room. Never seen one choke though so as long as the food is of right size they should be fine.