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Hello, everyone!
I recently found a very young Slimy Salamander, 5 days ago, while bug hunting with my 4 year old nephew. He named it Jelly and we absolutely love it! Jelly is eating well and seems very happy in its new home. I have a lot of questions, as the staff at PetSmart (a chain pet store) is not very knowledgeable about this particular species of salamander. I am so grateful to have this rich resource to help us keep Jelly happy and healthy. Thank you all!
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Welcome to the forum!
The hobby is quite different here in Finland - we don't collect amphibians from the wild as they're all protected by the law (we only have five national species and a couple of foreign species entering here). So it's by trading. Good luck with your little one, hope (s)he settles in soon!
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Here is a care sheet.

Here we would actually encourage someone who wanted a wild caught salamander to catch your own, instead of getting one from someone who may have collected hundreds, decimating a population, to sell.

Good luck with Jelly!
 
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Is it legal to sell all your native species or are some endangered? We have so small amounts that they are protected, I guess the most common species in hobby are firebellies, ribbed newts and axolotls. "True" hobbyists (unlike me who only has fbn ;) ) have also other species in their collection :)
Our native newts, by the way, are lissotriton vulgaris (common in Southern Finland) and triturus cristatus ( very endangered)..I've never seen latter one in nature.
 
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Some species are protected and some you can and some you can't sell. Although plenty of people will sell illegally.
 
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