1st Fire bellied newts Age question. Help!

Horrible news, one of my little guys didnt make it through the night. I think he got stuck in a corner and couldnt find the surface. Im beyond sad and frustrated. Im switching to a half and half set up today.
 
Something that might be worth trying is leaving no dry spaces, but only have around an inch or less of water that is crammed with plants and increase the water every week or two as they get more and more used to it, most stressed newts will glue themselves to the land area given the option to
 
I really wouldent switch them as frustrated as you are all that is going to do is stress the newts out even more just add a lot more plants so they can always get to the surface of the water no matter where they are and take out anything that you think could pose a risk for drowning


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You wouldn't switch them even though one drowned ? I don't know how old they are and don't know if they can be aquatic. I think one got stuck between the tank and a few rocks which is why he passed most likely. I just want my little guys to be ok.
 
I personally wouldn't..take out all rocks and anything else that they could get stuck in,under or between and add lots of plants for them to climb and sit on and make sure you have a small land area be it a cork bark float or a turtle dock that is easy for them to climb onto...if your dead set on changing there habitat just go full terrestrial cause even a 50/50 setup still has water and risk of drowning


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Ok ill take your advice. Im gonna go and get something to make a bigger surface area for them out of the water. Prbably some sphangum moss. Im assuming the newts are still juvinille correct ?
 
I'm so sorry to hear that you lost one of your little guys. It could be that something else was going on with him. I lost one of mine when i first got my newts - there was no apparent reason and he was in quarantine in shallow water.

All i can suggest is to get tons of plants so the newt can climb them to the top if necessary and hang out up there, the floating cork bark is a good idea as well. One of mine stayed on the bark until he was ready to go in the water, which took a while, but he is doing great in the water now. Sometimes they're just not ready, but they will usually let you know by staying on whatever floats at the top of the water...
 
Psychonautx said:
You wouldn't switch them even though one drowned ? I don't know how old they are and don't know if they can be aquatic. I think one got stuck between the tank and a few rocks which is why he passed most likely. I just want my little guys to be ok.
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I think you need to do some of your own research. If you use the search function you will find thread after thread about newly purchased sick petstore firebellies that won't get wet, won't eat, or have other stress related problems, nobody minds answering questions, but you need to help yourself as well.
As I've already explained they are almost certainly mature adults, I've also explained the tried and tested set up for helping them to de-stress and adapt to captivity. I suggest that you properly read the posts in this thread first of all because most of the information is here already.
 
Ive done plenty research. I just found this website and am getting accustomed to it. I just like to get answers from these forums directly becasue you guys have 1st hand experience instead of just passing along the same old tired info and care sheets. Ive read care sheet after care sheet but some questions are left unanswered.
 
CatSpit said:
I'm so sorry to hear that you lost one of your little guys. It could be that something else was going on with him. I lost one of mine when i first got my newts - there was no apparent reason and he was in quarantine in shallow water.

All i can suggest is to get tons of plants so the newt can climb them to the top if necessary and hang out up there, the floating cork bark is a good idea as well. One of mine stayed on the bark until he was ready to go in the water, which took a while, but he is doing great in the water now. Sometimes they're just not ready, but they will usually let you know by staying on whatever floats at the top of the water...
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Thank you. It messed up my whole day. All i want to do is get home from work and check on my little buddies.
 
Hi, I had to check my note book about our first hypselotriton orientalis. So, when it arrived, it was 5 cm (that's about 2 inches I think) long, an adult male which they just didn't know in the pet store. Like mentioned here earlier, all you need to know now is already here on this thread :) Just stay calm, do needed procedures as peaceful as you can and let them settle in. I've written in my notebook that "Pikku" (= Little) was on it's own for over a month. We had it in a quiet, shallow aquatic setup with one land area and plants and let it be there, just feeding and cleaning. No handling or such (and also the room was "quiet" even with three kids you sometimes wouldn't believe that's possible). It took many weeks to get it used to hands dropping in food, but eventually it did. So, patience :)
 
Psychonautx said:
Ive done plenty research. I just found this website and am getting accustomed to it. I just like to get answers from these forums directly becasue you guys have 1st hand experience instead of just passing along the same old tired info and care sheets. Ive read care sheet after care sheet but some questions are left unanswered.
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Which ones? fire away.

By the way, some care sheets on here may be old, but they are written by experts and are checked by a panel of highly experienced amphibian keepers before they are posted. They are reviewed and revised as and when new information comes to light, so they are far from tired, they are the best available in my opinion.
 
What i meant to say was I HAD questions before posting them here, i do not doubt the accurracy of your info. You obviously have experience with the critters, Im just looking for the best possible, most recent 1st hand advice . I am genuinely concerened for the well being of the little guys and am very saddened by the loss of my tiny buddy, it hurts . I am a person who does his due diligence , i just am worried !
 
AuSu said:
Hi, I had to check my note book about our first hypselotriton orientalis. So, when it arrived, it was 5 cm (that's about 2 inches I think) long, an adult male which they just didn't know in the pet store. Like mentioned here earlier, all you need to know now is already here on this thread :) Just stay calm, do needed procedures as peaceful as you can and let them settle in. I've written in my notebook that "Pikku" (= Little) was on it's own for over a month. We had it in a quiet, shallow aquatic setup with one land area and plants and let it be there, just feeding and cleaning. No handling or such (and also the room was "quiet" even with three kids you sometimes wouldn't believe that's possible). It took many weeks to get it used to hands dropping in food, but eventually it did. So, patience :)
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thank you ! i will be patient and hopefully my little ones pull through
 
The orientalis tiny newt I just got from my pet store. He hardly eats. He will grab one bloodworm from the tweezers and that is it. I am going to try him on live bloodworm as he is usually in the water. Other than that I will look in the garden for a tiny worm.

My other newt is an alpine and she is always on the cork island once I saw her creeping along the surface of the water along by the tank glass but when I reached in and submerged the cork bark to clean it in the tank water, she went berserk and must have panicked so she must just need time to get confident in her new tank which is stuffed with caboma Carolina and e densa and floating duckweed natans and water lettuce. I just feed her worms or defrosted frozen bloodworm. Hope that is of benefit to you? Good luck with your little ones x
 
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