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    Favourite threads of all time

    While the forum was offline, a lot of people said how much they'd miss all the useful information from older threads. Would anyone like to nominate their favourite/ most useful/ most entertaining threads of all time? I think mine is 'Neurergus kaiseri poisoning incident'...
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    Large lesser waxworms from biscuit-based medium

    A couple of months ago, I found that someone had dumped an opened packet of cheap bourbon biscuits in my front garden. Rather than throw them away, I made them into a medium for lesser waxworms by grinding them up in a blender and mixing with honey & glycerine. To my surprise, the resulting...
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    Neoteny/paedomorphosis in C. orientalis

    Has anyone seen neoteny/paedomorphosis in captive C. orientalis? I have a year old gilled individual that's well over 4 cm. It's had a yellow belly for a couple of months now, but no sign of losing its gills as yet...
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    Green Bombina maxima

    I've raised B. maxima for quite a while now. Metamorphs usually have four green spots on their back (that disappear as they get older). A few of this year's young have bright green over most of their back, as in the attached picture- I've never seen anything like this before. I had noticed that...
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    UK Press: Newt sculpture could be visible from space

    Peterborough Evening Telegraph, 25 October 2008 http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Newt-sculpture-could-be-visible.4629846.jp By Asha Mehta MOVE over Great Wall of China – the city's giant Great Crested Newt landmark is about to muscle in on your stellar claim to fame. The wall is...
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    New UK legislation regarding WC European animals

    Following European Courts of Justice judgements against the UK, ruling that the UK interpretation of the Habitats & Species directive was incorrect, a new law is being introduced as of 21st August 2007. It's known that WC animals of some Annex IV species (e.g. T. marmoratus) have been imported...
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    Neotenous Lissotriton (Triturus) italicus

    Not a great photo, I know... This one turned up in a tank I grow plants in- looks like an italicus egg ended up in there by accident. It's a sexually mature female, at one year of age- it produced a small number of (infertile) eggs a few weeks ago. From my previous experience with neotenous &...
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    Throttle - Need major help with fungus

    Gday crew. im in need of major assistance from anyone who has good advice. Throttle ma baby is just over 1 years old i have looked after him to the best of my abilities but it seems i and him have come a cropper. He lost his appetitie just over a week ago and hasnt eatin since. I noticed his...
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    Triturus carnifex spermatophore

    It's hard to take a picture of something that's almost completely transparent... but here's a snap of a T. carnifex spermatophore: I've drawn an outline here, if you couldn't make it out in the first picture: It's about 1cm high in total. As I understand it, the actual...
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    Limb regrowth in Triturus alpestris

    One of my T. alpestris males had his front left leg bitten off in late March last year, and I've taken some photos illustrating the regrowth: Jun 19: Jul 17: Aug 7: Sep 5: When I first discovered his leg was bitten off, the lower leg was missing, and the humerus was...
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    Pooters

    As I was sucking up some fruitflies in my pooter this morning, I was wondering how I ever managed without it... Does anyone else use one of these to handle small insects? I have a home-made one that I think is better than any I've seen for sale- I'll post details on how to make one, if...
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    Feeding times?

    I was just wondering what time of day people feed their animals... I usually feed mine first thing in the morning, despite the fact that most of them are nocturnal or crepuscular. Has anyone found that poor feeders will feed better at particular times of day?
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    Bloat treatments

    Two people have reported bloat in newts in garden ponds in the Reptiles and Amphibians in the UK forum here: http://www.gjscenics.co.uk/forum/forum/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=11&TopicID=196&PagePosition=1 This is something I've not had any experience of- I was wondering if anyone here...
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    Longevity

    Someone mentioned in another thread that newts live for up to 20 years, and it made me think how old some of mine are... The oldest I have are two female alpine newts that are 14 this year (I was given them as larvae in 1989). Can anyone better this? And by the way, there's a list of...
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    Photoperiod timing

    Kai mentioned using a timer for controlling lighting a couple of days ago. If you're not sure what to set your timer to, here's a website I just found, that will give you sunrise and sunset times for any given location: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.html This should allow you...
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    New European field guide

    As no-one else has mentioned it... The new edition of Arnold and Burton's field guide to the European reptiles and amphibians was published a couple of weeks ago. It's 'Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe' by Nick Arnold, ISBN 0-00-219964-5. If you're familiar with the older...
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    Newt belly pattern recording

    Hi all. With the discussion on the legality of owning captive bred individuals of protected species, I was wondering if anyone was keeping records on individual newts, and particularly recording by belly pattern. Belly patterns have been used to identify individuals of crested newts (T...
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    with axolotls would I basically have to keep buying and buying new axolotls to prevent inbred breeding which costs a lot of money??
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    Not necessarily but if you’re wanting to continue to grow your breeding capacity then yes. Breeding axolotls isn’t a cheap hobby nor is it a get rich quick scheme. It costs a lot of money and time and deditcation
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    @Thorninmyside, I Lauren chen
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  • Clareclare:
    Would Chinese fire belly newts be more or less inclined towards an aquatic eft set up versus Japanese . I'm raising them and have abandoned the terrarium at about 5 months old and switched to the aquatic setups you describe. I'm wondering if I could do this as soon as they morph?
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