Neurergus fully terrestrial

My pair of kaiseri came to me in september

I keep them in a semiacuatic setup. At the beginning, they where hiding on land during day and went to water by night to eat. Temp was 20 -25 ºC

Since cold have come, they are always on land on the hidings. They are 10-18 º C.

I have been thinking about increase the water level, till there will not be any possibility to stay on land, as I do when my cynops become terrestrial.

Or left them definitively terrestrial in a salamander style terrarium.

What would you do?

Hi Felizycontento,

It is believed that there is only a period of 3 months in which the animals have access to the water in their natural habitat. Many keepers use the colder terrestrial period to make the animals ready to breed when the temperatures rise again - so it's perfectly normal for the animals to be terrestrial during the colder period, and I personally would not force them to be aquatic during that time.

You might want to read the caresheet for further info: http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Neurergus/N_kaiseri.shtml

Good luck!

On a side note; how are everyones N. kaiseri's doing? Mine are still terrestrial, still growing and feeding, but less active in these colder days. Temps are around 15 degrees celcius (around 60 fahrenheit) during the day and slightly colder during the night. I have noticed they visit the waterbowl much less, as it contains nearly no dirt, opposed to the warmer periods when I had to change the bowl much more frequently.