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Adding a new Tiger Salamander to my tank

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I purchased a new Tiger earlier today that is a little smaller (but not much) than the one I currently have. I introduced them in a big bucket so I could clean the tank and rearrange a little bit.

So far everything is going well, but my "older" sally (the one I've had for a while now) keeps sitting on the other one's head. Is this typical? Do they have some type of dominance thing they have to go through or am I in trouble???
 
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Nope, in their tank also. The new one burrowed and "Elmo" (my older one) was sitting on top of his hole. I'm a little worried that he's going to suffocate him!

Or maybe I just have the crazy maternal instinct to keep moving Elmo off the new one....Should I just leave them?
 
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How many hides are in the tank? If there is only 1 then I'd make sure there is at least 3 spread out around the tank to see if this helps. Otherwise just wait and see what happens.
 
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Tigers often lay on top of one another, mine do it all the time. If something is blocking their burrow, they will dig another exit. There will be some dominance of the larger one over the smaller one, but once established they will be fine.
 
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