10g Red Eft Newt Terrarium

[Corbin]

Here you go, the little guy is still young. had him for about 2 months, still havnt planted the Terrarium but im gonna soon :D

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[got2envy]

[QUOTE=Corbin;775108]Here you go, the little guy is still young. had him for about 2 months, still havnt planted the Terrarium but im gonna soon :D


nice..are newts easy pets..i saw fire belly newts..

[Siren]

He's a spectacular colour!
Did you buy him locally?

[legendaryfrog]

He's a spectacular colour!
Did you buy him locally?

Im interested in this also. All the newts at my LFS look diseased and blandly colored.

[Corbin]

ive been keeping newts on and off for years, and i went to LFS (big als) and they had like 5 there about a week old(in the store), i sat there and watched them for 30mins then left, then the next day i came back, and i had to buy one. i wanted to get all them cuz i knew they were just gonna die there or most likely go to people who dont know much :mad2: .
ive asked around at lots of LFS and they say they dont sell newts & salamanders cuz they are so easly stressed and get sick etc.

Its not to hard to care for, i feed it 2 week crickets, and it does its own thing :)
Research is the key, cuz this guy has many different forms.. when its first born it lives in water, then its second stage is 100% terrestrial, then 2-3 years later it returns to the water and becomes 99% Aquatic. quite the adventure.

[legendaryfrog]

you feed it 2 crickets a day?

[Corbin]

No, i feed it like one or twice a week,about 3-4, 2 Week crickets.

[muddskipper26]

all i said was wow. i really like amphibians but he has great color. what else do you feed him. fish? are there special requirments besides the water and land thing and will he live in their his whole life. cool tank!

[Corbin]

I pretty much do a whole cricket diet or any other insect i find in my house :P
Not really any special needs, the only thing i do different for him is imitate rain cuz that stimulates him to be more active. He wont live in there his whole life, I'll probley move him to my plaudarium when he returns to the water in a couple years. but until then he will be living in there, but im gonna add and modify it over time :)

[Corbin]

Heres some more pics of him

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[got2envy]

he is just too cool. :D

[tepelus]

cute little fellow!

[Emg]

We have those newts in the woods around here.....if you go at the right time of day and the right time of year...they're all over the ground !

Right now I have a fat little marble salamander/newt that I found swimming around in my basement....lol.....(sump issues).....cool little critters !

[lilshoe2]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!
-shoe

[tarheels910]

Nice looking Newt. I wish I had one.

[Dwarf Puffers]

I didnt know you could find them in nova scotia (in maritimes, canada)!!

ive found a couple...

well, then again, we do have atleast 2 species of tree frog (1 grows the size of a quarter, other grows bigger than an egg)

[tricksterpup]

I personally would like to see some leaf litter or a little more cover for you guy. Give plenty of places to hide that is damp. But that is a nice looking Red eft.