[fishbguy]

My newt never had a problem eating....I suggest feeding anything that is smaller then them, and stoopider than them, and worms fit that bill perfectly...Mine loves earth worms, of course, I ave an rough skinned newt, which is a great deal larger than firebellies, but if the eathworms are too big for your newt, then you can vut them in half or something. They also love blackworms, and the good thing about blackworms, is they will often ball up together, so when the newt eats some, he gets more than he thought...lol I've never had good luck with those newt sticks. another good food are frozen bloodworms, I sometimes feed mine pieces of frozen krill. Mine will sometimes eat crickets, but normally only the ones that have drowned in his tank. He doesn't have the greatest luck catching live ones...lol Feeder guppies are another idea. But you have to hold them in place with something, I held the ones I fed to my newt by their tails with a pair of tweezers so my newt could catch them.