theLacertakiin
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Recently I purchased an adult wild-caught Tiger Salamander from UndergroundReptiles which was shipped to me and I received it yesterday 4/18/2014. UndergroundReptiles claimed it was "Field Collected" and "feeding on crickets and other insects." So far my tiger salamander has not eaten yet. Having kept other reptiles in the past including an eastern tiger salamander I understand it's never unusual to have a herp that doesn't eat immeaditly as soon as you get it but the fact that this Salamander is wild caught worries me. I'm afraid it will have difficulty adjusting to it's new environment and I want to provide it with the best habitat and conditions possible to help it get cozy and ready to eat.
I'm keeping it in a 10 gallon tank and I have 4 inches of coconut fiber mixed with leaf-litter topped with a layer of sphagnum moss on top, all of which I keep damp. On the surface I have two hide outs, a cork wood tube and one of those semi-circular bark hide-outs and his water dish. A plastic plant is attached to the back wall. The temperature in my room is 73 and i'm trying to cool it down but with it being 64 degrees outside it's not making for a quick transition. I dropped some earthworms in his tank earlier today as well.
If there's any advice, tips, or tricks to get wild caught Salamanders to acclimate to captivity that would be greatly appreciated.
I'm keeping it in a 10 gallon tank and I have 4 inches of coconut fiber mixed with leaf-litter topped with a layer of sphagnum moss on top, all of which I keep damp. On the surface I have two hide outs, a cork wood tube and one of those semi-circular bark hide-outs and his water dish. A plastic plant is attached to the back wall. The temperature in my room is 73 and i'm trying to cool it down but with it being 64 degrees outside it's not making for a quick transition. I dropped some earthworms in his tank earlier today as well.
If there's any advice, tips, or tricks to get wild caught Salamanders to acclimate to captivity that would be greatly appreciated.