Question: My fire belly newt wont eat

[dario213]

my fire belly newt wont eat i got it on monday i fed it black worms but it wont take it any body can help?

 

[pepper]

Have you tried any other foods?

Chopped earthworms, bloodworms?

What kind of set up do you have him in, does he seem thin or anything like that?

 

[ssbon18]

Fire belly newts generally wont eat when you get them for a few days because they are still getting used to their surroundings. I have mine used to eating live bloodworms from a plastic fork I hold in front of them. I have 3 and got all 3 every 6months and they all got used to being fed this way. The last one i got took a longer time to get used to being fed. Now i havent even put the fork with the worms infront of them and they are already lunging to get the worms from the fork. I slowly got them used to it when I had barely got them. I held the fork with the worms wiggling in front of them. If they didnt take it i would just let the worms go in from of them. And walk away. Every time i fed them I would hold the fork with worms in front of them till they got used to eating that way. If another week goes and your newt is still not eating then I would worry. Do you have gravel in the tank you have your newt in ? If so until it starts to eat you might want to have the tank bare bottom so the newt can see the worms. Good Luck on getting your newt to eat.

 

[Neuter]

Any updates dario?

Also if anyone has any tips?

I have a chinese fire belly from terrible conditions from a supplier. It is healthy now, finally got it eating, I fed it live blackworms every day. The worms make a huge mess in the tank and I HATE having to deal with live food. I want to switch him to frozen bloodworms, does anyone have any ideas? I have a bare bottom tank and those small brown garden lids that people use, I also have a turkey baster and tweezers. He does not seem interested when I hold them in front of him.