Axolotl or tiger salamander?

[jessica]

I have some kind of creature, I am not sure what it is? I had the same kind and I kept it in the water even after it's gills sunk in it's head and it drown. Now my new one has just lost it's gills, I don't know if I am supposed to take it out of the water or keep it in. When I bought it I was told it was a baby dinosaur. That's all I know. It looked just like the axolotls that I saw pictures of on this site except now it don't have gills. Can anyone help. My last one I took to the pet shop they said it was a creature that is supposed to turn into a tiger salamander, and I will have to take it out of the water.

 

[deb]

Can you post a photo?

 

[sherri]

Jessica, make an area in your tank out of water that your 'creature' can climb onto if he wants to. Like an island. Sorry can't help more

 

[forrest]

how old are you that you dont get upset that the guy/girl at petshop is goofing on you?

 

[kaysie]

Jessica, you have a tiger salamander larvae. These can look a lot like axolotls (they're in the same Genus). Lower the water level, and give it lots of places to climb out of the water.

As he loses his gills, he'll change shape, and become a terrestrial adult. When that happens, you won't need any water, and should put it in a terrarium with 4-5 inches of dirt for it to tunnel in.

Forrest, if you read, the pet shop told her it was a tiger salamander larvae and she came here asking if it was an axolotl.

(Message edited by Joan on March 13, 2007)

 

[forrest]

"When I bought it I was told it was a baby dinosaur. That's all I know."

"My last one I took to the pet shop they said it was a creature that is supposed to turn into a tiger salamander, and I will have to take it out of the water."

some one should have told her what it really was when she bought it, not a dinosaur.

 

[lorie]

Lol never listen to people who sell you stuff do a bit of research 1st. Places like walmart etc just want money they dont care if what they sell u dies or isnt taken care of properly.

 

[jennifer]

Jessica, read this link, it explains how to care for them during and after metamorphosis:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Ambystoma/A_tigrinum.shtml