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Cynops orientalis and climbing..

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So the esacpe article, and various other posts, and pictures on the forum have lead me to beleive to believe that Fire Belly newts are very adept at climbing. I'm curious if putting a small climbing feature for them in an enclosure would be a waste of space, or something that might actually get used.

So I guess the basic question is, has anyone put climbing features in for non-traditional climbing amphibians of any kind,and had any results? I used Fire belly newts as a specific example, mainly because of the awesome pic of one climbing up the tube in the escapes article.
Has anyone else tried it at all?

What are your thoughts, I may put one in, just to see what happens.
 
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Try it, it cant hurt, but obviously dont make him an escape route, and firstly boil/bake whatever you put in. But i dont really think they are climbers particularly, you might want a tree frog for that.
 
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I'd just be careful with what kind of climbing apparatus you put in, though chinese fire-bellies are good climbers they aren't the most sure footed. Don't make it too high as they might fall and injure themselves.
 
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surely they have to cope with all kinds of climbable terrain in the wild, is it really a danger?
 
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I'm just saying you don't want to put something in the tank that may cause a serious accident. I would feel responsible if it broke a leg from the fall or something. As i said before they aren't entirely designed for climbing. But its up to you really
 
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EWom said:
So the esacpe article, and various other posts, and pictures on the forum have lead me to beleive to believe that Fire Belly newts are very adept at climbing. I'm curious if putting a small climbing feature for them in an enclosure would be a waste of space, or something that might actually get used.

So I guess the basic question is, has anyone put climbing features in for non-traditional climbing amphibians of any kind,and had any results? I used Fire belly newts as a specific example, mainly because of the awesome pic of one climbing up the tube in the escapes article.
Has anyone else tried it at all?

What are your thoughts, I may put one in, just to see what happens.
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I cinops orentalis too and he have try to climb the tank but he doesn't get to far but he is able to climb a replica of a bonsai he spend almost all the time over the tree
 
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