I got my first sal!!!!

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I would definitely get him to a vet like mentioned above. It looks bad, and if he's not blind, he very well may become blind from whatever it is causing his eye to do that now.

 

[sde]

A caudate's regeneration habilities are not equal throughout its life. Embryos and larvae are capable of regenerating body parts that no adult could. Experiments have been done that show that it is possible for a caudate to regenerate parts of their heart, their eyes and even the brain, but that doesn't mean they can do it at any time in their life and that any adult or metamorphosed salamander is capable of such remarkable feats.

Ah, okay, thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Cliygh and Mia]

Update: His eye has improved slightly, as I he can see SLIGHT movement out of his eye, we found this out when he went after a cricket we put in there. Also he went from being to skinny, to being to fat!!! He is like a blob with legs! :blob:Anyhow, I decided to re-name him Pirate, due to obvious reasons.

 

[Cliygh and Mia]

Update two: He learned something new to do. When he wants to go somewhere, he walks in a direction, with his good eye facing the direction he wants to go. It seems every time I go in the pet room, he comes out of his cave to "swashbuckle for bugs":grin::blob: He's pretty smart!

 

[Cliygh and Mia]

Oh, there is one more thing before I sign off on this post, I think the problem is genetic, that would explain his weird coloration and his eye. What I think happened is that a mom/dad bred with a son/daughter, and that he came out with problems. All I'm asking is could the problem be genetic?

 

[jAfFa CaKe]

I guess it could be genetic, but I think it to be unlikely. The colouration seems to be a hard one to crack, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to really know what it is without a fully trained vet, and even then, it might not be solved. Inbreeding is not considered a huge problem in Amphibians, it hasn't been seen to cause too much damage, but obviously should be avoided, so my money's on it just being coincidence that he has off colouring as well as the dodgy eye. Could we have some picture updates?

 

[Cliygh and Mia]

I will TRY to take some pics, but the phone cameras stink. He is always hungry, and when I come into the room, he instantly starts begging for his food to be in his dish. :grin: One time he crawled into his feeding dish, like, no food?!!?

 

[Stupot1610]

The issue with the eye is not genetic, when caudates breed with close relatives (eg mother and son or brother and sister) it does not cause problems for several generations, and even then the impact can be minimal. Take axolotls, for example, they're extremely inbred and many people will breed mother to son etc for specific traits for many generations. So, in your wild caught tiger salamander it is extremely unlikely that it is inbred (when you consider the volume of adults breeding at one time).