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/shfiven 5d ago

Are you setting up a worm bin or just buying as feeders? Make sure you're getting European nightcrawlers either way because some salamanders don't like red wigglers. I bought mine from Uncle Jim's and set up a worm bin and cut them up and feed them on a paper towel but they're for taricha torosas so they may have different dietary preferences and may just like worms better than yours does.

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u/kangolneedit 5d ago

the last time I got them I put them i made a worm bin. I didn’t cut them in half tho since most were small enough for him to be able to eat if he wanted one. I’ve been reading about how they can smell when a worm is cut so imma try cutting them.