Feeding time

[samuel]

well first i wanted to ask about these new food, but seems he love it, could get my camera on time, plus he was i bad angle but i wanted to share.

what are these, i know the diet nutrients are not enough but it easier to find them here

 

[jennifer]

We call these "mealworms".

 

[rodrigo]

They are very easy to find and cheap too...but they are not a really good food item. They are mostly fat and their exoskeleton is too rough. Also though it´s unlikely to happen i´ve heard of stomach problems due to the worms biting from the inside(they eat the worms alive and these worms have rough mandibles. If you´re going to use them i´d at least dust them with suplements and smash their mandibles. One of my bombina once puked one of this worms...maybe it was fighting back...

 

[michelle]

If you are going to feed mealworms I recommend decapitating them first. I agree with Rodrigo they are high in fat so I would definately feed sparingly. I feed these to my newt very sparingly only giving one once in a while because I find he has a hard time digesting the hard exoskeleton if I give him to many it is just too much for the system and he becomes very bloated from constipation. I have to agree again a cheap food but not a very good one. I would personally not use as a main food source but a decapitated one now and then wouldn't hurt.

 

[samuel]

thanks for the info, its just because its hard to find good food here but yes i wont feed them on these worms, just in case i run out of food, even he seems to like it.
I think ill start with fruit flyes, wish me luck; and thanks for the decapitating info.

 

[michelle]

Samuel,
If you are having trouble finding food (trust me I just went through this) look around the forum. Take a look in the Testimonials for web sites & I also took a look through the Live and Frozen Food section and caught a few there. I also spent hours on the computer out of this site looking for Bloodworms,baitshops & anywhere or any site I could find that would ship any kind of food for my newt. There are tons of sites out there. Hopefully you can find one that comes close to your door. I finally ended up on Ebay and bought some European night crawlers and am going to cultivate my own food source. They do ship worldwide & guarantee them alive. I wish you luck.

 

[rodrigo]

earthworms are definitely a better food source. You can go collect some and keep them in the refrigerator...they´ll last a couple of months.

 

[michelle]

Rodrigo.
I wish we all had that luxury. I don't know what winters are like where you live but right now I would have to dig through snow that probably would come up to my knees just to find the ground. Kind of sucks

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[rodrigo]

Well...we don´t have snow now (a weird winter) but it´s definitely cold here...
I´m actually from the probably coldest city in spain hahaha
Anyway you could collect them in fall, and keep them during the winter...I did and had a nice source of food for november, december and january. Then i ran out of them and had to wait until this week to get more...xD