Ommatotriton, How do you keep yours?

[J]

Hey I have some young Ommatotriton ophryticus and while they aren't anywhere near adults yet I was just wondering how people keep them as adults

The 2 methods I have read about are

1: Aquatic during breeding season, terrestrial out of season/hibernation
2: Aquatic all year round

just wondering how people keep there's and the pros and cons of each way



cheers

[Jennewt]

I have never heard of using "aquatic year round" for this species. Unless you heard this from the breeder, I wouldn't try it. Everything I've heard recommends keeping them fully terrestrial, and much drier than other species. That's what worked for mine.

[Janusz Wierzbicki]

Jen, please check this out:
The Ommatotriton that like it wet

[Morg]

I have not had much luck raising this species from juvenile the two times I have tried, but did keep an adult male for around 4 years.
When I first got him he was terrestrial, but when he started spending most of the time in the water bowl I transfered him to a large aquatic tank with sizeable and easily accessable land shelf.In all the time I kept him after that I only saw him on the land shelf around 4 or 5 times.
He stayed almost 100% aquatic through choice

[Lee31]

Hi Morg

And I still have that poor lone male, still cannot get my hands on a adult or subadult female, crazy, ive tried raisng the very young, but not had success either, any ideas mate?

Lee

[mr cyclone]

Has anyone tried raising the juvenile's aquatic?
The lone survivor of my last year's attempt is now in a bad way,to survive a year and now has suffered the same fate as the last 2.As if the hind legs are broken and the rear of the spine deformed.Which is strange iv'e kept him in a semi aquatic tank for a year,terrestrial side is dry as usual.My new 6 juve's show no signs of this illness.
The terrarium has plenty of cork bark hides and coco husk for substrate,no additional moisture,other than the aquatic portion of the terrarium.
In addition the terrarium has tropical woodlice,temperate woodlice,tropical springtails,whiteworms,pea aphids,and once a week their are micro crickets dusted with repcal. So my previous theory of calcium deficiency could be totally wrong.
I realise other people have success raising them outdoors,why would indoors be any different?
My terrarium is beneath an open window in my spare room so the newts get a temperate photo period and similar temperature's to outdoors

Does anyone know of any other method of raising them aquatic instead ?
Excuse me for the hijack of the thread

[Chris Michaels]

Unless UVB has something to do with it, and that's why they do well outdoors. Does repcal include Vit D3?

[mr cyclone]

Sorry my mistake, I mean't Nutrabol not Repcal and yes it has vitamin D