What do the newts eat?

Triton is an amphibian amphibian belonging to the family of salamanders. In total, there are about ten species, but in our region there are only three of them. Today, these creatures are increasingly purchased by people as pets, because modern owners are no longer surprised by a parrot or a turtle. There is an opinion that the newts are rather complicated in content, so many animal lovers do not dare to start them. In fact, this opinion is erroneous, you just need to have some knowledge in aquarium and then there will be no problems. Before you decide on the rules for caring for a newt in captivity, you need to find out how live and eat what newtons in nature.

What do the newts eat in nature?

For keeping in an aquarium the most common are ordinary, comb and needley newts. They live both on land and in water bodies and on this depends what exactly feed the newts. Being on land, they eat earthworms, flies, larvae of various insects, crickets, butterflies, millipedes. In the water they feed on crustaceans, mollusks, water donkeys and other small freshwater.

What do the newts eat in the aquarium?

When keeping at home, it is very important to monitor what your newts eat, because their health and comfortable development directly depend on it. In order to maximally approximate your pet's diet for eating newts in its natural habitat, it must be fed with live food: tubing, bloodworm, shrimp, earthworms, tadpoles. In addition, it is possible to offer the pet frozen dainties: pieces of fish, liver, kidneys, lean meat. All that feeds newts in the aquarium, you need to cut into small pieces, so that they can easily grab and swallow food.

During the maintenance of these amphibians, the owners often wonder why the newt does not eat at all. In most cases, the answer lies in the peculiarities of your pet: not always what the aquatic newt normally eats, like a particular individual. Perhaps, he simply does not fit or like the food that you offer him. In this case, you need to revise the diet of a pet or clarify the data on its nutrition in the pet store where you purchased it. Another reason for refusing food can be a disease or parasitic infection. It should be carefully monitored for possible changes in the behavior of the amphibian, and also to review the correctness of the content.