have you tried tiny pieces of earthworms? Mine love them


she will eat whole ones, like in the pic, but they can be hard to find in my area because of all the pesticides. this one was from a fishing trip that we caught in the woods and didnt us.
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I will try flakes. but i try to feed her NLS cichlid pellets 1mm in size but she can't swallow them. when she exhales the just come out again. when i feed hikari carnivore pellets she will eat them until they fall apart.
Feeding flakes is like feeding paper and 1mm I find is too small. Mine love sinking Hikari Cichlid mini pellets.
Mini size pellets are fine, I feed them to all my parrots, some of which are smaller than 3".

