Panhandler
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Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum, so here's a my backstory: I have a pair of tiger salamanders that I found in the wild in 2006. They live in a terrarium with coco coir and smooth river pebbles plus a water bowl. I typically hand feed them each one large nightcrawler per week.
Current situation: I was feeding them this weekend, and one of them ate a small pebble. After researching online, I tried gently pushing the pebble back up to his throat. The process took a few hours because he was pretty uncooperative, and I ended up putting him in a tub of water in the fridge for about 90 minutes during the ordeal in an effort to calm him down. In the end, he successfully coughed it back out, no blood or anything.
He seems fine today but I imagine that there must have been at least some minor injury to his digestive tract. So moving forward, I have a couple questions:
1) How long should I wait before feeding him?
2) I've read about fridging for axolotls. Is that a good idea for a recovering tiger salamander as well?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you can offer!
Current situation: I was feeding them this weekend, and one of them ate a small pebble. After researching online, I tried gently pushing the pebble back up to his throat. The process took a few hours because he was pretty uncooperative, and I ended up putting him in a tub of water in the fridge for about 90 minutes during the ordeal in an effort to calm him down. In the end, he successfully coughed it back out, no blood or anything.
He seems fine today but I imagine that there must have been at least some minor injury to his digestive tract. So moving forward, I have a couple questions:
1) How long should I wait before feeding him?
2) I've read about fridging for axolotls. Is that a good idea for a recovering tiger salamander as well?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you can offer!