Care Sheet for Salamanders, NewtsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 1.67 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 01/15/2005 |
Main Category: | Aquatic/Land |
Sub Category: | Salamanders, Newts |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Geckomaniac |
Years Experience: | 3 to 5 Years |
Species: | RedBack Salamanders |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | They can be brown to black to brown or black with a red stripe on its back |
Sexing and Characteristics: | The females are usually bigger than the males and the males during mating season have a knob on their tails |
Mostly Active During: | Both |
Substrate and Water Needs: | They should have real plants and dirt in their terrarium,they should have a good size water bowl to high humidity |
Lighting and UVB: | The salamanders don’t need any specific lighting |
Temperatures and Humidity: | The temp. should be around the temp u caught them in
They should have high humidity in the cage |
Heating and Equipment: | They don’t require any specific heating
They should have |
Caging Provided: | A 10 gallon aquarium should house up to 2 males and 4 females |
Diet: | Omnivorous |
Description of Diet: | The RedBack will eat vegetables to small bugs to crickets,worms,mealworms, all the way to moths
You should put in enough so that each salamander has 2 things to eat |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | If they are caught in the wild i don’t use supplements |
Maintenance: | These salamanders don’t need much maintenance their tank needs cleaned out once a week |
Some Words on this Species: | This Species is one of the easiest salamanders to keep they don’t require much maintenance A GOOD CHOICE INDEED |
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