I agree with buffysmom. Here's some reading material that might help you:

http://www.caudata.org/cc/faq/faq.shtml

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/Mixing_disasters.shtml

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/foods.shtml



>>It's best to seperate these two species as they really don't do well together. The toxins from the toads can harm the newts & there may be aggression between the two species. I've seen petstores keep completely incompatible species together, so they are, unfortunately, little good when it comes to advice.

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>>I feed my firebelly newts a diet of frozen bloodworms one day, then "Newt/Salamander bites" at the next feeding. I feed them every other day. They are thriving on this diet.

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>>Best of luck & please seperate for the health & wellbeing of both species.

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>>1.3.0 leos, Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger

>>1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)

>>0.1.1 frogs Buffy the Cricket Slayer, Butrose Butrose Froggy

>>1.1.4 firebelly newts Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Juice Newton, Olivia Newton John & Helmut Newton

>>1.1.0 cats Gus & Mena

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