Fire Salamander Food

[lauren]

I've had my fire salamander for nearly a year, and received him as an adult. Websites usually list mealworms, waxworms, and crickets as being ideal food for fires.
My salamander will not touch mealworms however, and often ignores the crickets. I'm worried about the damage that an all-waxworm diet may be doing to him. Is there anything else he will eat as readily? Are waxworms really that bad?

Thanks

 

[ester]

Stock his terrarium with some woodlice. Small slugs are also welcome snacks. Regular earth worms, fire salamanders can be trained to take them from tweezers or just drop em somewhere in front of them.

 

[jeff]

Wax worms are quite fattening, and should not be fed to your Fire Salamander exclusively.

 

[jennifer]

Earthworms are a readily-available good staple food.
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/foods.shtml
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/worms.shtml