jewett
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- Heather Jewett
I will be getting my first Pleurodeles this weekend from someone off my local classified who no longer wants it. I am told it is about 6 months old but it was originally purchased from a pet store so I don't really know how accurate this information is.
By looking at the pictures the seller has sent, the animal does not appear to have had proper husbandry - in about 3 inches of water with a deep layer of gravel that's perfectly sized for swallowing. Seller doesn't know what temperature the water is, but the current water temp in my newt room is 52F/ 11C. So my question is should I place the set up for this animal in the cool water newt room or should its aquarium be placed where the water will be closer to 60F/ 15C? The change in housing alone can cause stress and my guess is the newt is already stressed and not in the best health. I don't want to compound these issues by shocking it with drastically different temperatures than what is has heretofore been living in.
Thanks guys!
By looking at the pictures the seller has sent, the animal does not appear to have had proper husbandry - in about 3 inches of water with a deep layer of gravel that's perfectly sized for swallowing. Seller doesn't know what temperature the water is, but the current water temp in my newt room is 52F/ 11C. So my question is should I place the set up for this animal in the cool water newt room or should its aquarium be placed where the water will be closer to 60F/ 15C? The change in housing alone can cause stress and my guess is the newt is already stressed and not in the best health. I don't want to compound these issues by shocking it with drastically different temperatures than what is has heretofore been living in.
Thanks guys!