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Releasing blue spotted salamanders?

Snakes0415

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I have 13 blue spotted salamanders that I caught behind my house in a vernal pool when they where still in the larve stage. The vernal pool was extremely close to drying up. It was to the point where I could see the backs of the larvaes. But anyways all 13 of them are now on land and feeding normally on crickets, bloodworms, and chopped up night crawlers. I try to let them catch their own food as much as possible. But now I don't have enough space to keep them all and was wondering if I could let them go back by the vernal pool which is now full. So if someone could help me out that'd be great .
 

Tim S

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You are asking the wrong people. This is a question for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The main concern is if you have exposed your salamanders to disease organism that might be transmitted to native wild life.
 

bhill368

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Definitely contact your DNR and they will tell you the best way to go about that. It would really be unfortunate to introduce something to the local population.
 
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