Hi everyone,
when I was younger, taricha granulosa seemed to be plentiful in pet stores and I had 2 for a while. loved 'em. great little guys. When they eventually passed, I migrated my hobby to freshwater plants and then got into freshwater shrimp. Anyway, I was interested in setting up a paludarium or vivarium and get some of my childhood favorites again, but it seems t. grans are very difficult to find now. The places by me (in S.E. Michigan outside Detroit) usually only carry "firebelly" newts and occasionally paddletail newts. I haven't seen anything online either. Are they usually only seasonally available? Have they dried up in the pet trade from difficult collection/export laws? Are there captive breeders out there? What happened to my favorite newts??
thanks in advance for any light people could shine on the subject!
JP
when I was younger, taricha granulosa seemed to be plentiful in pet stores and I had 2 for a while. loved 'em. great little guys. When they eventually passed, I migrated my hobby to freshwater plants and then got into freshwater shrimp. Anyway, I was interested in setting up a paludarium or vivarium and get some of my childhood favorites again, but it seems t. grans are very difficult to find now. The places by me (in S.E. Michigan outside Detroit) usually only carry "firebelly" newts and occasionally paddletail newts. I haven't seen anything online either. Are they usually only seasonally available? Have they dried up in the pet trade from difficult collection/export laws? Are there captive breeders out there? What happened to my favorite newts??
thanks in advance for any light people could shine on the subject!
JP