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#1622236
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 Why no babies!
i have two fire belly toads one male and one female... they live in a 30 gal and get lots of great foods.. they re water place has a heater and they have half land half water they are always mating but no eggs ?? what am i doing wrong!
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02/13/08 03:26pm
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#1622669
Blue eyed cutie
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Message To: Animal lover! In reference to Message Id: 1622236
 Why no babies!
u arn’t doing any thing wrong, ur female is either not old enough to praduce and/or if she is then she is not full of eggs at the moment. she should praduce in spring (if she is old enough) so just give it some time.
Blue eyed cutie
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02/13/08 07:37pm
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#1623267
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Message To: Blue eyed cutie In reference to Message Id: 1622669
 Why no babies!
i ve had them for about 2 years now i also have a newt in with them ( the newt is mostly hinding) good that cause her stress?
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02/14/08 07:14am
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#1623486
Blue eyed cutie
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Message To: Animal lover! In reference to Message Id: 1623267
Why no babies!
maybe,how warm is ur tank?
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02/14/08 01:35pm
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#1623540
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Message To: Blue eyed cutie In reference to Message Id: 1623486
Why no babies!
have have a heater in the water to keep it about 76 and the air is pretty warm
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02/14/08 02:55pm
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#1624710
Blue eyed cutie
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Message To: Animal lover! In reference to Message Id: 1623540
Why no babies!
she may be stressed . the newt may have something to do with it, i would remove the newt and change the water.
blue eyed cutie
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02/15/08 11:36am
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#1625849
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Message To: Blue eyed cutie In reference to Message Id: 1624710
Why no babies!
Yes you definitely need to remove the newt for a couple of reasons. The fbts secrete toxins which may kill the newt plus depending on the type of newt it needs much cooler water. If it is a paddle tail newt (I have both fbts and a paddle tail newt in separate tanks) then the paddle tail could kill and possibly eat the fbts-paddle tail newts are aggressive little guys-it’s hard to keep 2 of them together. Plus if you do have eggs the newt will eat them as well. I have a total of 5 fbts-3 adults (1 boy and 2 girls) in a 50 gallon and 2 babies (the size of a thumb nail) in a 5 1/2 gallon until the get bigger. My adult male mates all the time with the adult females but no eggs. Everything has to be just right for eggs to be produced. You can "induce" mating and egg laying by gradually lowering the water temp for 6-8 weeks and then gradually warming up the water again. Just be prepared for a ton of eggs-could be around 100-200. You have to move the eggs to a separate tank with water temps of about 77 degrees fahrenheit or else the adults will eat them. I would suggest doing a lot of research about fbts and breeding them and make sure you have everything ready for eggs.
Angel 
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02/16/08 09:55am
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#1626105
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Message To: Angelkitty In reference to Message Id: 1625849
Why no babies!
WOW ANGLE THX FOR EVERY THING LAST NIGHT I DID REMOVE THE NEWT IT WAS A FIREBELLY NEWT AND WAS HINDING MUCH BUT U NEVER NO ... I VE DONE M Y RESEACH AND HOPFULLY I LL BE A GRAMMA SOON:)
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02/16/08 02:02pm
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#1628176
Angelkitty
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Message To: Animal lover! In reference to Message Id: 1626105
Why no babies!
Hey not a problem. Glad you removed the newt-best thing for all of your little guys and gals. Keep me updated and let me know when you got eggs! Hopefully we will both have some soon!
Angel
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02/18/08 10:28am
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#1628430
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Message To: Angelkitty In reference to Message Id: 1628176
Why no babies!
wh what are u breedding
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02/18/08 02:45pm
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#1628533
Angelkitty
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Message To: Animal lover! In reference to Message Id: 1628430
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FBTs-I have 2 adult girls and 1 adult boy plus 2 babies (not sure of sexes) the size of a thumb nail. I will also hopefully be breeding african dwarf frogs. I currently breed mollies (not like it’s hard!) to feed the fry to my paddle tail newt and african dwarf frog. I have 5 tanks total: 3 fbts in 50 gallon, 1 paddle tail newt in 10 gallon, 2 baby fbts in 5 1/2 gallon, and 1 african dwarf frog (for now) in 5 1/2 gallon plus a 20 gallon with the mollies in it for breeding. I also breed flightless fruit flies for the baby fbts and want to start breeding crickets for the adult fbts and the newt.
Angel
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02/18/08 03:50pm
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#1629628
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Message To: Angelkitty In reference to Message Id: 1628533
Why no babies!
i ve been breeding guppies for about 2 years now and i set some in with my toads and they ate most of them so i only have 2 males and 1 prego i haver 1 dog 2rabbits 3 cats 2 fbt 1hermitcarb(but soon getting a 12 gal and i secound hermit crab) and a 20 gal commite tank and a betta and stickk beetles and crickets. and a fire belly newt.. do u have any pics of ur newt.
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02/19/08 02:49pm
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#1629721
Angelkitty
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Message To: Animal lover! In reference to Message Id: 1629628
Why no babies!
Here’s my newt:
my rabbit:
My cat:
My fbts (3 of them when I first got them):
I have do download some recent pictures-I have hundreds of them on my digital camera.
Angel
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02/19/08 03:56pm
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#1629722
Angelkitty
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Message To: Animal lover! In reference to Message Id: 1629628
Why no babies!
Here’s my newt:
my rabbit:
My cat:
My fbts (3 of them when I first got them):
I have to download some recent pictures-I have hundreds of them on my digital camera.
Angel
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02/19/08 03:56pm
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#1629725
Angelkitty
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Message To: Angelkitty In reference to Message Id: 1629722
Why no babies!
Oops-double post-sorry!
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02/19/08 03:57pm
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#1629988
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Message To: Angelkitty In reference to Message Id: 1629725
Why no babies!
that newt looks like my fire belly newt,,, i got mine at wal mart. but they are all so cute :)
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02/19/08 06:44pm
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#1630241
Angelkitty
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Message To: Animal lover! In reference to Message Id: 1629988
Why no babies!
Does your newt have a paddle like tail or is his tail skinny? If it is paddle like then it is not a fire belly newt, it’s a paddle tail newt. A lot of pet stores sell paddle tail newts as fire belly newts-where I got mine they had him listed as a fire belly newt but he is a paddle tail. Paddle tails also have red bellies and are confused a lot with fire belly newts. Both have similar needs but paddle tails are more aggressive with other newts, etc than fire belly newts are. Check out caudata . org (no spaces). They have care sheets, pictures, etc for both paddle tail and fire belly newts. Post a picture if you are able to.
Angel
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02/19/08 09:10pm
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#1630861
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Message To: Angelkitty In reference to Message Id: 1630241
Why no babies!
could u plz tell me how 2 and my newt is a fire belly just from the pic they looked a like how big is he/she
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02/20/08 03:00pm
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