Sir Jagger
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So last spring I happened upon a ditch of water and discovered it was filled with tiger salamander larva. I knew this ditch would be dried up long before they morphed so I caught every one I could find, about 30 in all. I relocated them to a nearby permanent body of water with no fish to give them the best chance as their numbers have declined in Mn in recent years from what I've read. I decided to keep one so my daughter and I could observe the metamorphosis and let him go after he morphed. He changed a week after the ground froze so I had to keep him over the winter. Now it's time to let him go but it is obvious he is blind in his left eye. He won't respond to anything on that side and seems to have some difficulty zeroing in when striking. He is still capable of eating on his own, but not very efficiently. I'm sure this happens in the wild and I imagine they can still survive? Me and my daughter found a one eyed chorus frog about a week ago. I want to release him because I believe it to be in all his best interest but this eye thing kind of made it a bit more complicated for me. I don't want to cut him loose if it will condemn him to death. Anybody have any thoughts on this?