Hi
... and thanks to everybody
Ralf:
Yes, i´m not a friend of keeping animals in other temperatures than nature(I know that nobody can say, where our "verrucosus" all actually came from,....
But if they eat at lower degrees,
keeping them at higher temperatures, shouldn´t be the way to do it, doesn´t it?
I think you won´t have any problem in winter when cooling down a little.
By the way
oes anybody of you know a Tylototriton species which HAS to be kept around e.g. 15°C in winter?
No, because there´s no existing so far in captivity!
In my opinion(without attacking anybody personally!), those aquatic setups for the dark verrucosus, are at least a way to make it more easy to spread the CBs and make it attractive for beginners.I just remember some buckets full of rather big subadults which were raised like pigs in quite a short time,....
Do you think that´s natural?Some people even used heatings to have temperatures round 23°C,
just to get the "honour" of having that big CBs.
Those people laughed about me,
keeping even Juveniles cool in winter,....
Those people never talked to e.g. Testudo-breeders,(Unfortunately, you have to know such examples,otherwise less people think about what you´re talking about,...)
having experiences with some species over long years.What happens to the adults, if you don´t keep them right the winters?,...
Personally, i don´t breed the dark form, because i´m responsible for my CBs,
and you can already find some in petshops,..
That´s why i have problems to be really happy about Johns success(Nothing personal or somewhat, john,i don´t know you as a person,it´s just my opinion).And ,of course, i´ll never agree to your temperatures and, especially, in the whole number of egg-laying actions,......
Leonardo:
Better!But you won´t raise the temperature within the NEXT month, do you?;-(
It´s going to be winter!I already sleep at 14 °C the nights because i don´t have a useable cellar!
(so don´t visit me the next months;-))
I sleep in one of my two rooms.But there are animals in both rooms, of course;-)
Sexing:
Johns method isn´t necessary at all!My males do have higher tails(more or less) the whole year,
but this wasn´t that easy to see before them becoming fertile!
You DON´T have to touch their cloaca or stuff,
though some "sadists" often tell such ways;-)
Males siply do have a small notch where the tail starts, while females do have a much smoother shape!You can even see this outside the breeding season!I wouldn´t talk about head shapes or such,
cause i do have a female, having a "male" head!(talking in Johns view)
Finally, i do want to say that i wouldn´t talk of me, being a "specialist",
i don´t keep any other other Newts than Tylototriton(though i have kept others, of course), because i do want to know as much as possible about them.Same with aspects in keeping and breeding!Maybe some of you will laugh about my "idealistic" way of treating my animals,
but guess that i won´t care!;-)
Why i wrote this?-Maybe i´m a bit direct sometimes,......!;-)
Greets,
Philipp
