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I have been dangling worms before my tiger and he eats em up. However, now when ever i stick my hand in the tank to do something, he tries to eat it. He tends to latch on somewhere and i sort of gently flick him off...

If i were to just drop the worms into his tank, would he be able to dig them up if they burrow? In the wild, do they hunt worms from the soil, or do they only eat ones that surface?

Occasionally i feed him live crickets, and he doesnt really seem to hunt them down. he sort of sits and waits for them to come to him... Sometimes he eats dead crickets, he sort of snifs them then eats them -is this normal? I think i feed him plenty, though he is always willing to take more, including my hand, nuckles, fingers...

I'd recommend using feeding tongs, although he'll probably become accustomed to those as well, but at least it's not your fingers. You can get the Zoomed yellow ones at Petco for $2.99
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I have one of those lil' tigers myself and it does the same the whole time =P but... i think it's kinda cute as long as he doesn't hurt u and u wash your hands before feeding him... he eats that much because amphibians tend to eat everything they see moving being such primitive animals... so it can be dangerous to feed them a lot... or well... you can end with a very happy and fat fellow, but i reccomend to feed it only twice or three times a week for a lapse of 15 minutes... good luck! they are silly hungry demons!

My guy, Jaws, does the same thing. And sometimes he really gets a grip, up to the the first knuckle. (I posted a photo in the gallery, look for Jaws.)

It doesn't really bother me, either (except the time he drew blood, a little nick at the base of my fingernail!)

I've just sort of learned to be wary, move him aside gently when I'm trying to empty his dish or something.