Taricha torosa eft journey

[clover]

Great updates! I look forward to the next time.

 

[dorm.room.biology]

He grew 2 cm (in the tail, but still) from yesterday. Incredible. It appears the question of whether or not torosa needs calcium on an earthworm diet has been answered.

 

[ctenosaura]

Just feed flightless fruit flies. You can get these at Petco and petsmart. When they get older then pinheaded crickets which may be harder to find.
My baby T. Sierrae is pounding down the fruitflys.

 

[clover]

Just feed flightless fruit flies. You can get these at Petco and petsmart. When they get older then pinheaded crickets which may be harder to find.
My baby T. Sierrae is pounding down the fruitflys.

You could also start a white worm culture or get black worms. They're much smaller than earthworms but not as good nutritionally. They love eating them at this age because they're alive and will have that satisfying wiggle until you teach them to eat dead food. They will grow much faster on these than they will on just fruit flies. Until mine got a little bigger I fed them on white and black worms and kept fruit flies in their enclosure for free range snacking. Your newt is very cute.

 

[dorm.room.biology]

Just feed flightless fruit flies. You can get these at Petco and petsmart. When they get older then pinheaded crickets which may be harder to find.
My baby T. Sierrae is pounding down the fruitflys.

Mine won't eat flightless fruit flies, on the rare occasions that he does try to eat them he usually misses and eats nearby dirt instead. He's big enough by now to eat most earthworms.

 

[ctenosaura]

Mine won't eat flightless fruit flies, on the rare occasions that he does try to eat them he usually misses and eats nearby dirt instead. He's big enough by now to eat most earthworms.

I keep my sierra newt on damp natural paper towels (no bleach / chemicals) in a semi large container with a lid. It allows me to see the flies and monitor how much he eats and craps and allows me to give it a 100% clean enclosure once or twice a week with a paper towel change. When he/she gets larger, I may move it to a more naturalistic aquarium. I don't have a source for worms.
This newt was pulled out of someone's swimming pool in Placer County by my pool guy and was told he left me another one now which ill see in a week when we go back to our place there.

 

[clover]

Oh wow thank you for rescuing him. Another supplemental food you could do if you don't have access to worms is frozen blood worms and just leave some in there on a paper towel at night. If you're planning to keep them permanently you can look into vermiculture. I'm doing it and I think dorm.room.biology is also doing it. I have European nightcrawlers and they're pretty easy to care for.