LauraMartin
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I have recently bought 2 tiger salamanders. i have researched newts and sals for a year before deciding which i could take care of best etc, so im cool with looking after tham, also iv had reptiles and amphibians before. but there is still a few things i am unsure of. first of all the pet store didnt know the age of the sals and i would like to at least have an estimation. one is much bigger than the other, at around 6inches and the other around 4/5 and much slimmer. i think they are from the same place so probs siblings of same age, does the size difference mean they could be different sex? and is it usually the male or female which is larger. the largest one eats great, it is very quick and alert, the smaeest one needs a bit of help, it will let worms get away so i have to keep picking the worm up and putting it back. this one is terrible with crickets, just very slow, i was thinking maybe they arent the same age at all, and maybe the smallest is much younger and therfore not as clued up on how to catch food? also i have read and head so many different ways of feeding them, some say every 2/3 days some say every day etc. so far i have been feeding them around 2 small worms or a large cricket and small worm every day. i feed them both the same amount, but sometimes give the little one a more fattening meal like a wax worm and a meal worm.
anyway if any1 can help with possible age by the size of them, sex of them and if im doing the right thing with feeding them, that would be great. im going back to the pet shop today to get some earth worms, im gonna ask if they came together or at different times. iv had them for 2 weeks now, and they are very lively and seem very happy and well, so i must be doing something right
anyway if any1 can help with possible age by the size of them, sex of them and if im doing the right thing with feeding them, that would be great. im going back to the pet shop today to get some earth worms, im gonna ask if they came together or at different times. iv had them for 2 weeks now, and they are very lively and seem very happy and well, so i must be doing something right