natuhlee
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Is my newt ok?
Hi everyone. I have two fire belly newts... one is rather large and one seems particularly small. I'm starting to worry about the little one. It's been significantly smaller than the other one ever since I got them, but he seems too skinny. I feed them both the same amount of small black worms, once or twice a week, basically as much as they'll eat., but you can see his little hip bones. Also, I put a floating log in their tank and ever since then, it has been primarily out of the water (I had a bad slimy algae bloom so a couple days ago, I took the newts out and thoroughly cleaned the tank, this could have stressed it out). Also, in one of the pictures I'm attaching, I can't tell if something is wrong with its neck, or if this is how they normally look and I'm just being paranoid. Finally, it was opening and closing its mouth earlier, and little bubbles were coming out. I'm just wondering what everything thinks...I will definitely find a vet in the area if anyone thinks it may need one.
So, in summary, these are the things I've noticed that are causing me concern...
Very skinny, although its a good eater
Spending a lot of time out of water
Maybe something going on with its neck?
Small mouth/saliva bubbles
Hi everyone. I have two fire belly newts... one is rather large and one seems particularly small. I'm starting to worry about the little one. It's been significantly smaller than the other one ever since I got them, but he seems too skinny. I feed them both the same amount of small black worms, once or twice a week, basically as much as they'll eat., but you can see his little hip bones. Also, I put a floating log in their tank and ever since then, it has been primarily out of the water (I had a bad slimy algae bloom so a couple days ago, I took the newts out and thoroughly cleaned the tank, this could have stressed it out). Also, in one of the pictures I'm attaching, I can't tell if something is wrong with its neck, or if this is how they normally look and I'm just being paranoid. Finally, it was opening and closing its mouth earlier, and little bubbles were coming out. I'm just wondering what everything thinks...I will definitely find a vet in the area if anyone thinks it may need one.
So, in summary, these are the things I've noticed that are causing me concern...
Very skinny, although its a good eater
Spending a lot of time out of water
Maybe something going on with its neck?
Small mouth/saliva bubbles