Tylototryton shanjing 1 year old

[morg]

Just got this pic of one of my shanjing juvies i got from Ian Rigg last year, and thought id share it with you

 

[Ralf]

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Hi Morg, that's an exceptionally nice shanjing juvenile. Thanks for sharing. What do you feed them?

 

[morg]

Live bloodworm offered on damp kitchen paper, small waxmoth larvae, small slugs, small or chopped earthworm, and the occassional 1st instar cricket.

 

[salamandra]

Ian breeds them every year!
I think he has Tylototryton shanjing larvea developing as we speak

 

[Axel01]

Grand newt.

 

[eljorgo]

that´s a good shanjing, pretty nice! what´s the size of him? cm?

 

[morg]

The individual in the pic is just under 10cm in length.
However he's the largest out of the bunch with one being only 2cm still and is l the plain brown colour of a newly morphed juvenile.
All have been fed the same, and the smaller ones are in a seperate tank to make sure the larger dont get all the food.

 

[morg]

Heres a pick of just taken of the second smallest I have here, next to the largest.
Its amazing the size differences from the same batch of young.

 

[RICH123]

Nice newt,
cant wait for the colours to come through on my Kweichowensis Juvs. How come there is such a large difference in size between them to then.

 

[morg]

Heres a pic of my smallest.
Dont know why the size difference, I suppose to start with the stronger would get to the food first, but since early on, Ive made sure that all the individuals are well fed and on the same food types.
As you can see with the rounded stomach of this individual, its not through lack of eating lol.

 

[louise]

Nice looking babies!

 

[eljorgo]

Re: Tylototriton shanjing 1 year old

one year old with 10cm? <exclamation>! look what you feed them with?