Newt have eggs?

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How can you tell if a newt has bloat, just getting fat or has eggs? Sorry I've just started keepin them a couple of weeks ago I have 2 Pleurodeles Waltl.
 
Well, first off do you know you have a female? They are known to get quite gravid, and from what I understand of this species they can be pretty prolific in captivity so it's not unlikely she is.

I've also seen some pictures of pretty chunky P. waltls on the ribbed newt section of this forum. This can be found under the "Common Name, Family, Genus and Species" section on the main forum page. If you do a little searching in this section you may find picture that looks like yours.

If you haven't checked out Caudata Culture on this site, there's this article about bloat:

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/bloatEDK.shtml

If all else fails, pictures always help
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They're fine...Good looking animals.

I have five and the female are typically more robust than the males. You may have a male female combo there, but I'd say the larger one is almost certainly a healthy looking female.
 
They may lay, mabye not. They do the dance alot, sometimes all day. Just have to wait and see

funny movie though, looks a bit sped up or they are REALLY going at it.
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Lol i though that when I watched it again but thats the actual speed haha
 
I have this female northern slimy salamander (approxiamatly 7 to 7.5 inches) that is very large and looks like it might be full of eggs but its belly is dark and I can't see through its skin (same with my two 4.5 inch males and 3.5 inch 2nd female)
Is their another way for me to figure out it she is going to lay ggs this spring? They eat well (especially since I got them from my backyard)The big female and the two medium sized males eat crickets whole. The smaller female just bites of the crickets head; leaving the body where it attacked the cricket. The Southern Two-Lined salamanders (1 female and 2 males) I caught around the ditch. The female is full of eggs and the males once had a fight and the smaller male lost the end of his tail so I gave them a bigger cage along with the slimies. The Slimy's seem to only eat when it is extremely dark and rarely in dim light. The Southern Two-Lines seem to have a taste for red tubics worms (I think that is what they are called)they are small red worms I dig out of the creek or more commonly in the mud. I let the salamanders have lots of hiding places such as under large cork bark (where the Slimys' can be found) and burrows in the wateryish mud (where the Two-Lines make networks
of tunnels which are cool to look at and an unusual behavior) When not offered an opening in the ground they will make a network of tunnels.

Is there a way to see if my female has eggs and prepare her burrow for her, thanks?!!!

Cameron
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Well Cameron,
We all wish that we could tell if and when we are going to have luck with breeding newts/salamanders. The truth is, there is no way to tell if your slimy salamander is going to be a mother. A good friend of mine knows a guy who breeds P. glutinosus (slimeys) outdoors, but I have never heard of it being accomplished in an indoor set-up. I suppose if you really wanted to, you would separate the sexes in different containers, and keep them cool (38-45 degrees F) for several months. When you take them out, they might produce eggs, but with that species it may be very difficult.
 
Thanks Jacob, I will try doing that and see if it works. I hope to find some eggs in the spring and release a few young since there are fairly rare and are only found in restricted areas where the enviornment is just right. In my neighborhood of course. !THANKS!
 
Sure thing Alex

One male laid a spermatophore on the carpet of moss last Friday night. Hopefully I will get some eggs.
 
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