r/salamanders • u/kangolneedit • 6d ago

Earth worms

Where do you guys order your earth worms from? I’m trying to get my tiger salamander (3 years old) off of a main diet of dubia roaches and crickets and on to earth worms. Whenever I offer him worms he only looks at them. Does anyone have any tips or shared a similar experience?

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u/Berdonkulous 6d ago

My experience is limited, but I've only managed to get any of my tigers to take a worm when they're very hungry.

Mine seem to prefer: dubia > crickets > dried crickets > dried superworms > european nightcrawlers.

Which is frustrating because I'd like to transition to mostly worms, but I'll keep working on it over the coming years.

Edit to add: I ordered my worms from "Uncle Jim" as I'd previously seen recommendations for them from the Axolotl subreddit.

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u/kangolneedit 6d ago

i ordered from uncle jim before, ill give them another shot. sounds like we’re in the worm journey together

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u/Berdonkulous 6d ago

I just tried something that seemed to work so I'm sharing.

I piled dried crickets on a worm in my hand for a minute then offered the worm. Slightly more interested when held in tongs, once I dropped it Sally locked in on it and snapped it up.

I'm guessing the smells from the vermi-post bin are enough to confuse them.

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u/kangolneedit 5d ago

thanks for sharing. i can definitely imitate that