[header] How to feed a tiger salamander [title] Buy food for the tiger salamander. [step] Tiger salamanders eat insects only, occasionally pinky mice (recommended for larger salamanders only, and also as a treat. Pinky mice can make your tiger obese and it can get sick). 
Crickets or mealworms are good staple foods. Tiger salamanders can also eat earth worms, dubia roaches, and wax worms.