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Hello,
As you can see I am new to the forum. However, I used threads on this very forum and the caudata.org website to research into tiger salamanders. This was the main reason I actually went and bought my male tiger (ambystoma mavortium), named Arizona.
I've now had him since beginning of March. And I have a couple of questions regarding his behaviour. But first I'll give you some background:
-In his box, he has some moss that the pet shop gave me with him, 2 large rocks, a water bowl and a plastic cave.
-I used coconut fibre for the substrate.
-I mist it once or twice a week, feed him every 3-4 days, spot clean daily and change the water in his bowl once a week.
-He spends most of his time in the cave or under the ground.
Now onto my queries:
At the pet shop, they fed him crickets. I wanted to feed him earthworms instead, as from what I read on Caudata.org, they seemed a better choice. For the first week or so, Arizona enjoyed the earthworms, and didn't mind the change of diet. However, one time he seemed to struggle with an earthworm, which may have been a bit too big for him at the time. He would grab it with his mouth, but wouldn't eat it. Just kept spitting it out. So I took that worm and gave him a much smaller one. He wouldn't have that one either, so I thought he was simply full. However, since then I wasn't able to get him to eat the worms; he simply ignores them. That meant I had to go and get crickets. Is there an explanation for this? Was he upset or something about not being able to eat that one worm and now has a fear of them?
Another question is regarding poop. I've never seen him poop, or saw his poop anywhere in the box. He couldn't be holding it in still after a month could he? I read that they like to poop in water, but I'm unsure if he did that and I just missed it or what. The water was dirty a couple of times and had a slimy bottom, so could the poop have just disintegrated?
Finally, are salamanders supposed to be so loud? Everything he does seems to be way louder than his size would suggest. Last night at around 3am, I could hear him digging through my headphones during a quiet moment in the film. I paused it and waited and heard it again; he was digging away, really loudly for about half an hour.
I attached some pictures of him! The first image is him back in the pet shop, the second is him in his cave and the third is his whole majestic being :happy:
As you can see I am new to the forum. However, I used threads on this very forum and the caudata.org website to research into tiger salamanders. This was the main reason I actually went and bought my male tiger (ambystoma mavortium), named Arizona.
I've now had him since beginning of March. And I have a couple of questions regarding his behaviour. But first I'll give you some background:
-In his box, he has some moss that the pet shop gave me with him, 2 large rocks, a water bowl and a plastic cave.
-I used coconut fibre for the substrate.
-I mist it once or twice a week, feed him every 3-4 days, spot clean daily and change the water in his bowl once a week.
-He spends most of his time in the cave or under the ground.
Now onto my queries:
At the pet shop, they fed him crickets. I wanted to feed him earthworms instead, as from what I read on Caudata.org, they seemed a better choice. For the first week or so, Arizona enjoyed the earthworms, and didn't mind the change of diet. However, one time he seemed to struggle with an earthworm, which may have been a bit too big for him at the time. He would grab it with his mouth, but wouldn't eat it. Just kept spitting it out. So I took that worm and gave him a much smaller one. He wouldn't have that one either, so I thought he was simply full. However, since then I wasn't able to get him to eat the worms; he simply ignores them. That meant I had to go and get crickets. Is there an explanation for this? Was he upset or something about not being able to eat that one worm and now has a fear of them?
Another question is regarding poop. I've never seen him poop, or saw his poop anywhere in the box. He couldn't be holding it in still after a month could he? I read that they like to poop in water, but I'm unsure if he did that and I just missed it or what. The water was dirty a couple of times and had a slimy bottom, so could the poop have just disintegrated?
Finally, are salamanders supposed to be so loud? Everything he does seems to be way louder than his size would suggest. Last night at around 3am, I could hear him digging through my headphones during a quiet moment in the film. I paused it and waited and heard it again; he was digging away, really loudly for about half an hour.
I attached some pictures of him! The first image is him back in the pet shop, the second is him in his cave and the third is his whole majestic being :happy: