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Help! Salamanders in my basement!

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kim

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Salamanders keep finding their way into my basement windows! I'm afraid they'll freeze or starve in there. I took 3 to the creek 10 miles away last week and now after the heavy rain yesterday there are 3 more! I know nothing about these guys, I live in central Oregon near a forest. Should I keep taking them to the creek? I really feel they're best off in the wild but they keep coming to my house for warmth or ?<center><table border=1><tr><td>
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jeff

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Well I would take them out to the woods near some water or something simmiler. I think it all the rain we have been having, its been nuts up here with the flooding and all.
 
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l.

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And you might look into sealing up the windows. It may be that the seams need to be re-caulked, or the windows may not fit into their casings properly anymore, due to house-shifting. If salamanders are getting in, you're probably getting lots of bugs through those windows, too, as well as excess moisture.
 
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jacob

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I wish I had salamanders falling into my basement, but I put all of them there.
 
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