Whats the best food for tiger salamanders?

[pimpmastersmak]

Mine are in the aquatic stage, but there big, about 9 inches I'd say. I've been giving them night crawlers and bits of shrimp.

 

[Jan]

Mine are in the aquatic stage, but there big, about 9 inches I'd say. I've been giving them night crawlers and bits of shrimp.

Size-appropriate crickets and waxworms would be a good addition to the nightcrawler pieces. See the care sheet here from Caudata Culture for other suggestions:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Ambystoma/A_tigrinum.shtml

 

[pimpmastersmak]

Is it possible to keep them in the waterdog form?

 

[Kaysie]

Only if you have a neotenic population.

 

[pimpmastersmak]

How do you go about mantaining an "neotenic population"?

 

[Kaysie]

A neotenic population is a group of breeding tiger salamanders that do not morph. It's not something you can do in captivity.

 

[pimpmastersmak]

New question

I have two tigers and one horned frog, the smaller species. I haven't seen any problems with them yet, they lay all over each other. One time the tigers were on either side with their arms around the frog. I'm wondering if this is a horrible idea or did I get lucky? If so I was wondering about adding a narrow mouthed toad to the mix, does anyone know how big the maylasian species gets? The one I can gets' body is about 4 inches. Tigers are probably 9 to 10 inches and the horned is 4 inches as well. Also how big do tigers get and does their color change as they age?

 

[oregon newt]

Mixing species is never a good idea. Here is an article you should read http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/Mixing_disasters.shtml#id17.

 

[Jan]

Re: New question

Also how big do tigers get and does their color change as they age?

Tigers can reach lengths of 12+ inches. In my personal observation, I have seen some tigers change color as they age. What might begin as well demarkated spots, may evolve into narrow spots or bands as the backgound color becomes dominate.

 

[Kaysie]

Re: New question

You're probably keeping both of these species at sub-optimal temperatures. Horned frogs are tropical, while tiger salamanders will die at temperatures exceeding 75-80F. Horned frogs and tigers are both voracious predators, and both will probably try to eat the other whenever given the chance. This is a horrible idea.

 

[pimpmastersmak]

Well,that is strange cause they have been together for about 2 months and the only problem I have had was the tiger put his head between the frog and a cricket and bit the tigers head. At the same time the frog acted all depressed and would not get close to the tiger for a few hours. Sorry for my weird writing I am using my Wii.

 

[Kaysie]

Yeah... Once the horned frog is big enough, more than the head of the tiger sal will fit in its mouth.

Not to mention that Ceratophrys should be kept at around 80F, and that's warm enough to kill a tiger sal.

 

[pimpmastersmak]

Well, just since winter hit about mid point, both my tigers have been staying in the water almost indefinetly. The male gets out maybe once a week and the female doesn't get out at all. I was wondering if this was a sign of breeding or just normal for the colder months of the year? Could this mean babies if so will their feeder goldfish eat up all the eggs and larve? Also is there anything I can do to promote breeding in this situation, thing is they are in a small 29 gallon tank, part land part water, but I made sure they get deep water cause they seem to like it more than land. The water is about 6 and a half inches deep.