AsiaNicole
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Hi,
I am very new to this so please help me out!
I just got a tiger salamander yesterday and I'm worried about him. He's pretty small/thin but that might just be because he's young, I'm not sure. But when he (attempts to) walk around the tank, it's like he can't even gather enough strength to do so. His arms/legs move but he can't even push his body forward. So most of the time he just lays there, and he looks lifeless =/. I moved him from his hide out into the open (after washing my hands & spraying them with his water) and I tried to feed him a nightcrawler but it just seems to freak him out and he tried to get away...
So I'm not sure what to do. His tank is a 20 gallon long and it has between 4-6 inches of damp eco earth and a small layer of sphagnum moss (that I soaked and rinsed multiple times with safe water) on the top. And he has 2 hides on either side of the tank, and a shallow water bowl in the middle. I'm pretty sure his tank is fine so it might be the place I got him from, but what should I do now? And what do you guys think is wrong with him?
-Asia
I am very new to this so please help me out!
I just got a tiger salamander yesterday and I'm worried about him. He's pretty small/thin but that might just be because he's young, I'm not sure. But when he (attempts to) walk around the tank, it's like he can't even gather enough strength to do so. His arms/legs move but he can't even push his body forward. So most of the time he just lays there, and he looks lifeless =/. I moved him from his hide out into the open (after washing my hands & spraying them with his water) and I tried to feed him a nightcrawler but it just seems to freak him out and he tried to get away...
So I'm not sure what to do. His tank is a 20 gallon long and it has between 4-6 inches of damp eco earth and a small layer of sphagnum moss (that I soaked and rinsed multiple times with safe water) on the top. And he has 2 hides on either side of the tank, and a shallow water bowl in the middle. I'm pretty sure his tank is fine so it might be the place I got him from, but what should I do now? And what do you guys think is wrong with him?
-Asia