C oriental could they get lonely?

[Canecorsonewt]

I've read that newts can be alone,im sure they can so can some people. The thing is my two c orientals are always touching i dont work so i check on them often. They are either touching or almost touching but always together. Do you guys and girls think they like company more than being alone?

If it matters i do think ones female and the other is male. They are very young a little over a year. But i think i see a difference already female seems like body is taller from belly to top of back then my posable male and she has a shorter tail.

Not trying to breed them, but how old is sexual maturity for c orientals. could that be why there always together?

 

[Canecorsonewt]

Hers some bad pictures

 

[Chinadog]

It's an interesting observation, and I see the same thing with my pyrrhogaster sometimes, but I've always thought it was because the different individual newts all chose the same best spot to rest, hide or wait for food etc rather than a social thing. I've also come across groups of Llissotriton vulgaris hiding in the same places when on land.
I'm pretty sure they don't suffer when kept alone. I've raised baby pyrrhos alone almost to adulthood, and when they are eventually let loose in the adult tank they don't even bat an eyelid when they see another newt for the first time. Mind you, its not long before they're hanging out in the same places as the others though...