Tricia — Page 9 — Amphibian Care

How do you take care of Chinese Fire Bellied Newts???

I've had these newts for 3 months now, they don't seem to eat (which kind of amuses me, I don't know how they manage to live) within that span of time, I've bought them atleast 3 different brands of food, put them in a warm environment, yet I'm really not sure how to take care of them? Is there anything I should be doing besides cleaning the tank and feeding them?! how do I feed them? Do I just leave the food close by?

Firstly, newts live their lives mostly underwater so I assume your tank is set up such that at least half the tank is under water and the rest of the tank is dry land like dirt with moss and rocks or wood?

Depending on their size, newts will mostly eat tubafex worms which you can buy in the pet store and place in the water of the tank. The worms look like a mass of hair in a ball with their bodies waving all over and the newts can come over and chew pieces of them out if the main lump. If your newts are larger, I recommend wax worms or small crickets which you can also buy in the pet store. Wax worms would be best as they are easy for the newt to catch compared to crickets. Just drop one in front of the newt on the land portion of the tank and it should grab it right there if it is hungry.

I had one salamander who I had to force-feed the first time by prying his mouth open and sticking a wax worm inside. He promptly ate the whole thing and after that loved them and always ate on his own-never giving me problems again.

FYI, a few tips:
1. Fire-bellied toads go well with fire-belly newts as they are both amphibians and both have the same toxins.
2. Be sure to wash your hands after touching them because their bodies do secrete minor toxins to ward possible preditors away.

i found a salamander how do i care fore it?

by Tricia

its about 5 cm. and its red-brown w/ tinny tinny black dots…

Well I don't know how to feed it, but I can tell you they love cool water, because cool water contains more oxygen and they partly breathe through their skin like frogs. Also they need a place to crawl up that's dry, and a place where a fine water mist sprays I've found- … I found a salamandar under my shed living where a pipe had sprung a leak, he loved to hang out in the spray. Did you know a salamandar can remember a maze after having it's brain scrambled?hmmm (science fact, after it heals ofcourse.)

how do i take care of a wild frog i caught outside?

by Tricia

I found a wild frog outside. How am I supposed to take cae of it?

Is it wet or sticky skinned? Then it's a frog. If it's dry, it's a toad. Frogs and toads require slightly different habitats and care. Here are links to click on to open websites for frog and toad care:
http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/doctor/first.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_13083_care-toads.html

I'm looking for a pet of the amphibian/reptile sort..any suggestions?

by Tricia

I have a small un-used fishtank because I just upgraded to a larger aquarium. I've been keeping a pretty successful tropical aquarium for awhile now and I also have three dwarf hamsters, I was thinking a small tree frog or a small lizard would be a nice addition to my little menagerie. Are there any suggestions as to what to get? My reptile keeping experience extends to two pet tokay geckos, and an iguana I cared for for awhile. I also hatched ring neck snake eggs I found in the backyard but didn't keep the babies for long. I want something low maintenance and small. I would rather not have to provide live prey because I'm too far from a pet store that sells crickets and walmart only has meal worms but I can manage it if need be.

Hello; I would highly recommend a Leopard Gecko, a Crested Gecko, a Viper Gecko, a Gargoyle Gecko, or an African Fat-tailed Gecko. 🙂

All are low/medium upkeep, small, fine with gentle, patient, confident handling, hardy, interesting looking, and docile. Cresteds and Gargoyles have the added advantage of being able to be kept successfully on a powdered 'Crested Gecko diet' by T-rex; so you don't need to provide feeder insects unless you'd like to. 🙂

Another idea if you are interested in one of the three cricket feeders on my list is to have your crickets ordered in from a place like http://www.lllreptile.com and having them shipped to you, that way you don't have to deal with making regular trips to that far away pet store. Just keep them and in a cricket corral or cricket keeper with fruits, veggies, or a specially made cricket diet, and you'll be in good shape. 🙂

Here are care sheets for all of the Gecko species I just named:

Leopard Gecko:
http://www.thegeckospot.com/shortleocare.html

Crested Gecko:
http://www.pangeareptile.com/id52.htm

Viper Gecko:
http://www.acmecritters.com/CARE_SHEETS.html

Gargoyle Gecko:
http://www.pangeareptile.com/gargoylecare.htm

African Fat-tailed Gecko:
http://www.acmecritters.com/CARE_SHEETS.html

I hope this helps, and if you have any further questions at all on the subject or would like more suggestions on a good lizard species; please feel free to message me and I will be more than happy to assist you. 🙂

Good luck on your lizard search!

Re: Tadpole care

by Tricia

Thanks PANDAzPETz for the ideas, getting reptile carpet, the tadpole care (that got a bunch of stress out of me), the fire bellied newt and toads, the tadpole, a filter covered in those cool cheap convenient suction cup plastic plants, the floating island, and the tank in general. You should subscribe to him because of his how-to videos and his video request.
http://www.youtube.com/user/PANDAzPETz

Thanks to CaterpillarGiraffe, for the idea of getting fluckers moss and the comments and Shout Out. You should subscribe to her because of her Chameleon,tips, and African Bullfrog
http://www.youtube.com/user/CaterpillarGiraffe

Thanks to OggieReptiles’ for the idea of getting Vitaman powder subscribe to him because he has a bunch of cool pets.
http://www.youtube.com/oggiereptiles

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