Care Sheet for Salamanders, NewtsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 2.88 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 05/18/2004 |
Main Category: | Aquatic/Land |
Sub Category: | Salamanders, Newts |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | WaterdragonsRus |
Years Experience: | 3 to 5 Years |
Species: | Fire Salamanders |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | N/A |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Sexing is rather hard although the males have larger heads than females |
Mostly Active During: | None |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Substrate:- should be of a peat base with areas of moss
Water:- should be bottled water(NOT FROM TAPS) |
Lighting and UVB: | Requires natural sunlight full spectrum light and no other lighting |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Room temp with fair humidity. given a spray twice a day will keep this ok for the salamanders |
Heating and Equipment: | None |
Caging Provided: | 2ft x 1ft tank with various natural hiding places e.g. cork bark slates, stones, moss. meke sure you wash slates and stones well. (2 salamanders to this tank but will hold 4) |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Crickets and wax worms 3-4 times per week with the ocasional guppie(1 per month and not from the shops from personal breeding) with some liver ocasionaly(1 per month, some will not take the liver) |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Vitamin suplements 2-3 times per week |
Maintenance: | Keep the moss and peat damp by spraying with bottled water twice per day also change water every two days and also pick out feaces every day |
Some Words on this Species: | Delightfull to keep although very secretive. |
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