Terrestrial rearing

[greg]

Do most folks rear Cynops metamorphs on land or does anyone force them to stay aquatic? I've heard of some people doing the latter with Triturus and I don't know if anyone has done it with Cynops? One one hand they might be easier to feed in the water.

greg

 

[juraj]

How to force little morphs stay aquatic when they can easily climb and stay stick on the glass ?
I think this is possible only with species that don`t climb. Some Triturus especially crested group don`t climb I think.

 

[edward]

I've raised them in very shallow water with something for the meatamorphs to climb out of the water as they wish. I then add a shallow dish to the cage with some water in it. I place the blackworms in this dish and the metamorphs then climb into the dish and feed. This way I just rinse them out every couple of days.
Not fully aquatic but not fully terrestrial either.
Ed

 

[jennifer]

I raise all my Cynops metamorphs (pyrrhogaster and ensicauda) semi-aquatic. I use shallow water with plenty of places to climb out (plants, flat pieces of slate at the water level), but no places available where their skin would get dry. Some do climb, but after a few weeks they settle down.

I feed blackworms in the same way Ed suggests. Some grow faster than others, but the largest ones seem to mature very quickly this way (1-2 years to reach sexual maturity).