Hello
I purchased 2 Verrucosus light variants 2 months ago in an aquarium store which had no idea of newts. They were very thin and kept in a very poor conditioned tank.
They were fully terrestrial ,but I decided to make them fat first, then put them in the water. It's been a week since I got rid of the land part. The big one just adapted to the aquatic environment yesterday and the small one is still working on it. It is still floating, but eats well and tries to to put his head into water as much as possible.
The size and appearance of the two were quite different as you can see in the pictures. At first, I thought they look different just because of the sex, but now I have different idea.
What concerns me is that it seems the small one had some kind of growth trouble. His jaw power is too weak to snap the food. He used to always lower his head down on the ground.
it doesn't look like his cloaca hasn't even developed yet, assuming the two are same ages.
I want to hear some opinions from you people.
Sorry about the poor grammar and word choices.
I purchased 2 Verrucosus light variants 2 months ago in an aquarium store which had no idea of newts. They were very thin and kept in a very poor conditioned tank.
They were fully terrestrial ,but I decided to make them fat first, then put them in the water. It's been a week since I got rid of the land part. The big one just adapted to the aquatic environment yesterday and the small one is still working on it. It is still floating, but eats well and tries to to put his head into water as much as possible.
The size and appearance of the two were quite different as you can see in the pictures. At first, I thought they look different just because of the sex, but now I have different idea.
What concerns me is that it seems the small one had some kind of growth trouble. His jaw power is too weak to snap the food. He used to always lower his head down on the ground.
it doesn't look like his cloaca hasn't even developed yet, assuming the two are same ages.
I want to hear some opinions from you people.
Sorry about the poor grammar and word choices.