Red eft question...and now there are 3?

[meghan]

Question guys... I collected 4 red efts recently and this morning I checked on my little guys. I had 4 last night, today there are 3. I'm certainly not ruling out an escape but whoa!!! ... I've got a large one that looks bigger around today unless I'm imagining things. Would they turn on each other like that and eat a fellow eft?

 

[kaysie]

Yep

 

[meghan]

For now, I'm keeping them in a very large tall plastic container with moist/wet soil and leaves. Small shallow dish with pebbles and water. I have no idea how anything could climb out of this container. The sides are slick, BUT you never know. I'm hoping my beagle didn't find it....

 

[joseph]

I've seen newts scale glass...easy. Learned that the hard way. Sorry to be pessimistic...but look around under the furniture or near the bathroom for a piece of jerky before you rule out escape.

 

[kaysie]

I had an A. macrodactylum that climbed out of a 1 gallon bucket, across the table, down the chair, and halfway across the kitchen in a matter of minutes. One of my A. jeffersonianum pulled a Houdini one night and was never seen again.

 

[brendan]

a few years ago, i had a red eft in a small tank, without a lid. he managed to climb out, up to my window sill, and i found him all dried up. he was, in fact, like a peice of salamander jerky.