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Hi all,
For the most part, my FBNs are well. Over the past 2 years, most of the offspring have fared well, other than the losses I had a couple of months ago (the last to go aquatic, though a few terrestrials remain and seem to be healthy.)
I'm always adjusting my tanks' inhabitants based on size and put two of my largest "babies" in with their mother. It's a 10 gallon tank, so just over "ideal." During feedings, one newt has mistaken another's as a blackworm, biting and twisting the leg and leaving a slight injury. When the injured newt went onto land for an extended time, I removed him. He seems fine now in his own tank. However, I now see another one of the two in the ten gallon tank with a similar I injury to the skin. With only 2 in that tank, I don't think it's terribly overcrowded, so I don't know if one newt is a bully or just mistakes legs for food. The newly injured newt is showing no signs of the injury other than the lighter band around it's leg.
Could momma newt not want to share her tank? My son knows these 3 by their markings and thinks she is the biter. I need to start saying good-bye to my best-developed ones, but won't ship them in this heat, so I need to hang onto them for awhile. Should I give the mother her own tank again? I've seen other younger ones accidentally bite one another at mealtime, but not leave marks, though they're smaller. The ones in momma's tank are nearly her size.
Dana
For the most part, my FBNs are well. Over the past 2 years, most of the offspring have fared well, other than the losses I had a couple of months ago (the last to go aquatic, though a few terrestrials remain and seem to be healthy.)
I'm always adjusting my tanks' inhabitants based on size and put two of my largest "babies" in with their mother. It's a 10 gallon tank, so just over "ideal." During feedings, one newt has mistaken another's as a blackworm, biting and twisting the leg and leaving a slight injury. When the injured newt went onto land for an extended time, I removed him. He seems fine now in his own tank. However, I now see another one of the two in the ten gallon tank with a similar I injury to the skin. With only 2 in that tank, I don't think it's terribly overcrowded, so I don't know if one newt is a bully or just mistakes legs for food. The newly injured newt is showing no signs of the injury other than the lighter band around it's leg.
Could momma newt not want to share her tank? My son knows these 3 by their markings and thinks she is the biter. I need to start saying good-bye to my best-developed ones, but won't ship them in this heat, so I need to hang onto them for awhile. Should I give the mother her own tank again? I've seen other younger ones accidentally bite one another at mealtime, but not leave marks, though they're smaller. The ones in momma's tank are nearly her size.
Dana