spotted salamander eggs (I think)? HELP!

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lol ok in that case I will be spending some time tonight/tomorrow collecting algae from my fish tanks... :rolleyes:

 
I tried the dry bloodworms the other day and the babies were too small for them :\ and @ agent A, my tanks have plenty of algae and I do have algae wafers, but I'm tight on money so I won't be buying for a while :) I will probably be going to a pond again today to get more zooplankton (and maybe algae if I need some :p ). I will tell you if I really need some, though ;)

 
Yeah these babies just hatched a few days ago (and I think the developed ones might be eating the deformed ones) and some are still hatching o.o

How long does it normally take for them to develop? just so I know when I should add more land space for them :)

 
BugLover said:
Yeah these babies just hatched a few days ago (and I think the developed ones might be eating the deformed ones) and some are still hatching o.o

How long does it normally take for them to develop? just so I know when I should add more land space for them :)
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I think that information was in one of the link I provided earlier.

 
im curious bug lover , why would you take something from the wild when you have no idea how to care for them? what if you got them home and found later you couldnt care for them, then you have a 4 hour drive to return which wouldnt happen. no pun intended but i would be a good idea to know more about them rather taking them then asking for ideas on care. i wish you the best of luck with raising them, post pics when you can.

 
Yeah I wasn't thinking when I took the eggs home, and (lesson learned) I don't plan on taking anything else home (before doing LOADS research on whatever it is) I guess it was impulse... And yes hopefully when they're big enough to see easier on an awful camera I will be able to post pics :)

 
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BugLover said:
Yeah I wasn't thinking when I took all the eggs home, and (lesson learned) I don't plan on taking anything else home, at least before doing research :)

And yes hopefully when they're big enough to see easier on an awful camera I will be able to post pics :)
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I normally see a few salamanders each year,, there pretty cool, i leave them hoping the population will increase in my yard. I have been seeing more and more worm snakes lately. They are very small and neat, lol.

 
jrh3 said:
I normally see a few salamanders each year,, there pretty cool, i leave them hoping the population will increase in my yard. I have been seeing more and more worm snakes lately. They are very small and neat, lol.
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the only salamanders I've seen around here are redbacks, and I've only seen them at the state parks. A lot of the wildlife around here only seems to be inside the nature centers :\

 
Update on the baby salamanders:

they are growing (not much, but still growing) and now have some mottled brown on them. I should be able to take some pics later tonight/tomorrow, when I get batteries for my camera (it's not a very good camera). All of the eggs have hatched except for one, and the rest of the babies like to hide under the rocks and ornaments in the tank :) They also have little things under their gills that look like antennae, could they be tiny legs?

 
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I fed my spotted salamander larva live blackworms, frozen bloodworms/daphnia/oxheart, and if I found it tiny earthworms. These salamanders are pigs the adults can get too obese from eating too much! Be warned they live 25+ years and burrow under soil for most of their lives.

 
So long as they haven't been exposed to any other captive amphibians it should be fine to release them back into suitable habitat later on.

 
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