Newt miracle

This summer I kept my newts in a basement to keep them cool. about halfway through the summer I accidentally left the screen open just a little bit for about a day. this was of course just enough time for one of my newts to escape. I looked everywhere for it and finally considered it a lost cause. about a week ago I moved out of that apartment and just as I finished packing up all my newts, who should appear but a really dry starving newt crawling by at a snails pace. I really couldn't believe it, but it was the same newt. she survived for about a month out of the tank. there must have been a damp corner of the basement that she found and just hid out in for the whole time.

just thought I would share this lost newt success story. through this is certainly a rare story, an escaped newt does not always mean a dead newt.

eldaldo said:

just thought I would share this lost newt success story. through this is certainly a rare story, an escaped newt does not always mean a dead newt.

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I agree with you on that 100%. I had a male Triturus marmoratus escape from a tiny gap in an old lid once and was out for nearly 7 months. I figured he'd be long gone by then but one day I found him looking healthy as could be walking across the basement floor. The floor does tend to stay wet from me constantly spilling water and I know there are plenty of escaped crickets around for escapees to feed on.