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Hello my name is Naomi or you can call me by BarTigerSal. I was originally born in Huntingdonshire, Cambridge, England, but because my dad was military we moved here to colorado where I now presently reside. I currently own a Barred Tiger Salamander named Sally, who has also surprisingly laid 28 eggs. I love Tiger Salamanders, they have such character. I actually plan to work as a Zoologist sometime in the future. That inspiration came from the Crocodile Hunter, steve Irwin and my love for animals.:happy:
 
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Hello Naomi and welcome to the forum! Steve Irwin was a wonderful and inspirational man. I am glad he inspired you to go on and work with animals.

I look forward to hearing more about Sally, and I hope you will post some pictures!

Cheers,:happy:
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Well the funny thing is that I rescued sally, who was out in a snow storm and almost frozen to death when I found her. This was back in March; I think. I read that she has the ability to store her mates sperm and then lay fertilized eggs when conditions are right. To tell you the truth I was shocked when I found the eggs.
Steve Irwin is my inspiration and my Idol, in the Zoology field I can pick an area or two to specialize in, I picked Herpetology where you study reptiles and amphibians; I still haven't picked a second area yet.
I will be posting pictures of her as soon as I find my camara. She is beautiful, when the Salamanders are meant to be yellow and back, she has a dark green coloration, then a light green, dark yellow, then the black strips.
 
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yeah I kept them, they are in the enclosure with her, should I take them out or leave them, she has been guarding them for the past two days.
 
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She for some reason laid them on the land bit, should she have laid them in the water or does it depend ? I don't know much, although I did check this book out at my local library about salamanders and it stated that she can lay her eggs on land.
 
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Well I got some bad news, I checked on them and found that they were not fertile after all, but it is strange how she was guarding them though:(
 
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