Amphibian caresheets and tips
The 2005 Exo Terra Ugandan Expedition was a resounding success! The eleven team members returned safely from their 15-day expedition to Uganda, where they studied the reptile and amphibian fauna in their natural habitat. The team, headed by Emmanuel Van Heygen (product manager for Exo Terra), experienced many exciting adventures — bringing back some great stories and even more amazing movies and photographs.
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ok This is to start off the amphibian section that I’m going to be regularly updating in the following weeks.
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ok..well me and my friend were walking home and we saw a toad so we caught it..now i wanna know how to take care of it!we have it in a big bucket thing and theres grass,,buggs,,and stuff in it..what else should we do??
Keep it in a 20 gallon terrariium. Provide a heat lamp. crickets and a big bowl of water(change daily) The bedding shpuld be peat moss and driftwood. Make sure to put a piece of food in the tank when you empty in crickets for the toad to eat. If crickets get REALLY HUNGRY then they might turn on your toad so give them something like a piece of bread of lettuce for the insects to munch upon.
Mine is with my white's also. I've checked everywhere to find any info that says to keep them solitary but haven't found any.How are you going to circulate it? Mine would not get in water with an airstone (bubble bowl used for anoles) Whit's get pretty large fairly quick, you definately need a large bowl. My water bowl is a corner bowl about 5" on each side. My asian gets in there also. Waterfalls are expensive and can be a pain depending on what substrate you use. My waterfall is on sale at petsmart for $34 but the pump is seperate for$12 , but is well worth it. It raises the humidity alot(keeps me from having to hand spray so much. Exoterra also has a ultrasonic humidifier that fits in the waterfall for$29. I wouldn't recommend it though. Even when I use filtered water, trace minerals build up on it and I end up replacing the copper disk very often. Plus it makes the water very hot! I had the humidifier in a bowl at on time , it boiled my frog! I wouldn't think too much moving water would be bad, but would watch your frog to be sure. They are found on alge covered rocks in streams. They have small toepads to hang on to the rocks, not as big as treefrogs'. Also, unlike white's they are not to be held. This is a pic of my waterfall in the background and one of my waterbowl.
the baby newts are almost 4 weeks old and starting to become more like their parents. ( curious and playful) They are still hanging out at the bottom but come to the side of the tank to see what I'm doing. I managed to feed one a little piece of tubiflex cube using feeder tongs. The others were more afraid but this one was larger and already has his front legs.
I'm wondering if I should continue tong feeding or if it will stress them out. I want to raise them to be friendly to humans and get them used to freeze dried food. I live in Newfoundland and the pet stores have trouble bringing in live food particularly this time of year.
Is this too early to start tong feeding? I know there are some amphibian breeders on YA so your input would be appreciated.
http://www.newts.org/~swan/herps/caresheet.html
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http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Cynops/C_orientalis.shtml
My local pet store has two fire belly newts for sale and I'm considering purchasing them. I would like to know how to care for them first. Should I keep one or two? How big does the tank need to be? What substrate do I use? What about cage decorations? What do they eat? The ones at the pet store are in the same tank right now, so I'm guessing they get along fine. Any information about fire belly newts is appreciated.
Gravels, plants, light, and water. I like to keep a male better.