Red eft question...and now there are 3?

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meghan

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Question guys... I collected 4 red efts recently and this morning I checked on my little guys. I had 4 last night, today there are 3. I'm certainly not ruling out an escape but whoa!!! ... I've got a large one that looks bigger around today unless I'm imagining things. Would they turn on each other like that and eat a fellow eft?
 
For now, I'm keeping them in a very large tall plastic container with moist/wet soil and leaves. Small shallow dish with pebbles and water. I have no idea how anything could climb out of this container. The sides are slick, BUT you never know. I'm hoping my beagle didn't find it....
 
I've seen newts scale glass...easy. Learned that the hard way. Sorry to be pessimistic...but look around under the furniture or near the bathroom for a piece of jerky before you rule out escape.
 
I had an A. macrodactylum that climbed out of a 1 gallon bucket, across the table, down the chair, and halfway across the kitchen in a matter of minutes. One of my A. jeffersonianum pulled a Houdini one night and was never seen again.
 
a few years ago, i had a red eft in a small tank, without a lid. he managed to climb out, up to my window sill, and i found him all dried up. he was, in fact, like a peice of salamander jerky.
 
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