My Fire-bellied newt hatched at the end of July 2011, and he morphed into an eft the following january.
Since then, I have been housing him on wet paper towels and feeding him live bloodworms (he flatly refuses dead ones).
He has been absolutely fine until a few weeks ago, but now he is really listless, and doesn't seem to be eating as much, his skin seems to be a bit more dry too.
I had to remove the small stone from his tank, as he dried himself onto it on 2 occasions.
Also, I tried putting him in water to see how he responded to it, and he didn't react at all; below the water level, his skin looked silvery, as though there was a fine air bubble over the surface.
The temperature in the room overall is pretty much constantly around the 6 degree mark (I have no heating on in that room)
Is this a sign of him changing over to his aquatic stage, or could something be wrong with him?
Thanks in advance
Since then, I have been housing him on wet paper towels and feeding him live bloodworms (he flatly refuses dead ones).
He has been absolutely fine until a few weeks ago, but now he is really listless, and doesn't seem to be eating as much, his skin seems to be a bit more dry too.
I had to remove the small stone from his tank, as he dried himself onto it on 2 occasions.
Also, I tried putting him in water to see how he responded to it, and he didn't react at all; below the water level, his skin looked silvery, as though there was a fine air bubble over the surface.
The temperature in the room overall is pretty much constantly around the 6 degree mark (I have no heating on in that room)
Is this a sign of him changing over to his aquatic stage, or could something be wrong with him?
Thanks in advance