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This is Mr Lister now...(the one in the sticky on this section)

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freekygeeky

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I do need some help though - we put himwith some moss as we were told that he would like this - didntwanna put bark/eco earth straight away as he isnt great with his legs - he doesnt really walk he squirms...
any way- the moss just kept stickign to him - he isnt a normal texture of a newt / sal he is really sticky like a slimy frog/eel..
things stickto him.
so today we put him on eco earth and ill see how that goes..
(worried about impaction a lil though - as he will only eat crickets.... and has an odd way of hunting /eating them)

Hope you like these photos, his spots are now AMAZING

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(we are only holdning him as we had to get him out of the tank...out hands are wet. :) )
 
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Nice photos there, thank you for posting them. One thing though - it looks like you're keeping him moist. You really shouldn't do that - these guys are just like tiger salamanders in their water requirements: they don't really have any. Just an occasional watering of one part of their substrate should be fine. Some people don't water at all and just leave a water bowl in the vivarium.

As for the moss, it looks like sphagnum moss, in which case he was probably reacting to the acid from it on his face.

Good luck.
 
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John said:
Nice photos there, thank you for posting them. One thing though - it looks like you're keeping him moist. You really shouldn't do that - these guys are just like tiger salamanders in their water requirements: they don't really have any. Just an occasional watering of one part of their substrate should be fine. Some people don't water at all and just leave a water bowl in the vivarium.

As for the moss, it looks like sphagnum moss, in which case he was probably reacting to the acid from it on his face.

Good luck.
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yea the eco earth isnt working - weather its dry or wet it sticks to him , moss sticks to him.. what can i use that wont stick to him?



EDIT - the reason he is wet - is cos we had to wash him - the moss was so badly stuck on him :(
 
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Being dirty is kind of the nature of the beast. I looked up some old threads with tiger salamander pics on the forum.

http://www.caudata.org/forum/showthread.php?t=51114

http://www.caudata.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39347

http://www.caudata.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39357

http://www.caudata.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39467

You'll notice they often have dirt sticking to them. They like to dig and get dirty. My tigers often have substrate stuck to them. I wouldn't worry too much about the dirt sticking to him. Though, the substrate shown in the last pic of yours is a little bit moist as John mentioned. You may want to let it get a little drier for him.

I fear you may have to learn to love his soiled nature. One thing you can try is keeping live moss or (I have ferns) some plant they can walk through which will "scrub" them off when they walk through it, but plants are notoriously tricky to keep alive in tiger/morphed axolotl enclosures. Other than that you have to hope he'll bath frequently in his water dish.
 
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thank you!!! thats helped alot!!! :)
they seemed to be covered it in - but not as much as him...tommorrow we are off to try to find some live moss on soil - turf type moss.. hpefullywe will find some, thank you
pete said:
Being dirty is kind of the nature of the beast. I looked up some old threads with tiger salamander pics on the forum.

http://www.caudata.org/forum/showthread.php?t=51114

http://www.caudata.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39347

http://www.caudata.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39357

http://www.caudata.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39467

You'll notice they often have dirt sticking to them. They like to dig and get dirty. My tigers often have substrate stuck to them. I wouldn't worry too much about the dirt sticking to him. Though, the substrate shown in the last pic of yours is a little bit moist as John mentioned. You may want to let it get a little drier for him.

I fear you may have to learn to love his soiled nature. One thing you can try is keeping live moss or (I have ferns) some plant they can walk through which will "scrub" them off when they walk through it, but plants are notoriously tricky to keep alive in tiger/morphed axolotl enclosures. Other than that you have to hope he'll bath frequently in his water dish.
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