Newt hasn't eaten for many months

[rchen]

hello. I'm new so uh.. yea
i've had the newt for probably a little more that 6 months and it did well and was eating well until one it's tank mates disappeared and stopped eating. Now i have two more tank mates for it and it's the only one not eating.... i built a little cave for it to feel more comfortable and it's always in there and when it came out today it was nothing but skin and bones I have tried live food and it did eat but i don't have any live things anymore i do have a guppy tank but it's not for feeding....ehhhhh i don't know what to do....help?

[froggsong]

snails... My newt doesn't ever eat that I see, but I know she was eating because she is still healthy. I haven't seen her eat since she went aquatic a few months ago. However, I got a couple of trumpet snails (they wont eat your plants, just tank waste and algae) for free from the pet store, and I do see her hunting for them occasionally, and from what I've heard, it is a favorite food for them. The snails reproduce quickly, so there are generally plenty of them to eat once you get them started. You can just throw them in the tank, and they should take off quickly. (I'm assuming you have a water portion.) Otherwise, you could try chopped earthworms, or black worms, or white worms. Common guppies seem to do well in my newt tank, and she obviously eats the fry (since they disappear regularly), so you might try adding some feeder guppies to the tank (quarantine first and get them healthy before offering as feeders). Buy a few tiny ones, and a male and female pair of breeding age, and put them in the tank, they will reproduce fairly quickly as well (though not as fast as the snails) and your newts will likely eat the fry. Hope that helps. I know this is an older post, so I hope your newt is still alive for you to apply the advice.