Mainly my snakies' diet is pinky mice, and I'll be trying out fuzzy mice in a few weeks to see if she'll eat them too.
But she LOVES salamanders! And worms too, but she really loves salamanders, whether I give them to her by hand, or lately drop them in her water dish so she can chase them down (which takes a matter of seconds and since they're wet, she gets less 'gunk' stuck on her).
I feed her the pinky mice on the weekend, currently one pinky per weekend, and I give her several worms and/or salamanders through the week. I spoil her, I think .

Anyhow, has anyone got any suggestions about 'preserving' salamanders over the winter? I've come to the conclusion that they'll probably end up being dead, most likely, however, here's the specific questions:

1 - If they were 'hibernating' maybe in the fridge, would they live?
2 - Can they be frozen? And if so, is there a thiaminase issue or other issue I should consider? (I've yet to determine whether she'll eat a dead salamander).
3 - Assuming they must be frozen, and she'll eat them, how should I freeze them? I'm figuring just tossing them one at a time into a plastic container in the freezer. Perhaps when they are solid, they should be bagged, to avoid freezerburn??

I've got about a dozen of them at the moment, and before they get hungry I'd like to figure out what to do with them.

Thanks for the input!