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Solo View Profile |
English newts
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| 08/06/07 06:10am |
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Paddle_tail View Profile |
Message To: Solo In reference to Message Id: 1390605 English newts
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| 08/06/07 09:45am |
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Cavenoot View Profile |
Message To: Solo In reference to Message Id: 1390605 English newts
If so, they need to be in water. I wasnt sure if they were by the way you worded your message. They are aquatic. Make sure they have some land or a rock to climb out onto. Smooth river stones are good to put on the bottom of the tank. You just want to be sure they are too large to fit in the newts mouths. |
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| 08/06/07 12:58pm |
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Solo View Profile |
Message To: Cavenoot In reference to Message Id: 1391065 English newts
heres a pic of one
and here’s a pic of a great crested newt
and here’s a pic of the smooth newt and the GC newt
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| 08/07/07 10:35am |
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Cavenoot View Profile |
Message To: Solo In reference to Message Id: 1392437 English newts
the smooth newt is Triturus vulgaris (or sometimes called Lissotriton vulgaris) Link the great crested newt is Triturus cristatus they are closely related. I think there are only three newts native to the UK, and they are in the Triturus Genus. Link Anyways, those are beautiful newts! I wish they sold those here in California! try feeding them frozen or live blood worms. Or if they don’t want to go into the water too much, then maybe pinhead crickets. Or, with bloodworms, I sometimes use forceps to hold the blood worms dangling in front of their mouth. Good luck! |
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| 08/07/07 12:59pm |
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Cavenoot View Profile |
Message To: Solo In reference to Message Id: 1392437 English newts
the smooth newt is Triturus vulgaris (or sometimes called Lissotriton vulgaris) Link the great crested newt is Triturus cristatus they are closely related. I think there are only three newts native to the UK, and they are in the Triturus Genus. Link Anyways, those are beautiful newts! I wish they sold those here in California! try feeding them frozen or live blood worms. Or if they don’t want to go into the water too much, then maybe pinhead crickets. Or, with bloodworms, I sometimes use forceps to hold the blood worms dangling in front of their mouth. Good luck! |
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| 08/07/07 01:01pm |
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Tortoisechap View Profile |
Message To: Cavenoot In reference to Message Id: 1392637 English newts
Great crested newts have declined within the UK over recent years, due to the destruction and pollution of their breeding sites and terrestrial habitat. They are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Habitat Regulations Act of 1994. It is illegal to catch, possess or handle great crested newts without a licence and it is also illegal to cause them harm or death, or to disturb their habitat in any way. The IUCN Red List categorises the species as ‘lower risk’." But if you do insist however on keeping them you should do it right and this website also talks about their living conditions and diets. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/478.shtml |
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| 08/13/07 11:20am |
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Bumpkin View Profile |
Message To: Tortoisechap In reference to Message Id: 1401398 English newts
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| 08/20/07 05:51pm |
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Joe1507 View Profile |
Message To: Bumpkin In reference to Message Id: 1411591 English newts
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| 06/21/08 03:46pm |
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Reptile_dan View Profile |
Message To: Joe1507 In reference to Message Id: 1768641 English newts
I would recommend you release them back to where you found them straight away. |
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| 07/14/08 08:18am |
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