Ambystoma opacum

[Bellabelloo]

They are lovely, how are they settling in?

 

[Bellabelloo]

Today I dug the Opacum out . I rarely see them as through winter I put in a lot of leaf litter, they merrily spent their time lurking underneath, occasionally if I was able to sneak up on them I would glimpse a little head poking out.
I have kept them in my shed since late winter, they briefly came in doors after I found their soil frozen solid. I had thought for a horrible moment that I had killed them. They have lots of free roaming worms, woodlice and occasional small slug.
This afternoon I took out most of the loose leaves and tidied up the ivy and the other plant thta was going a little too wild. I returned them to their home and with in moment they had all dug them selves back into various holes. It was nice to see them all and I thought they looked well.

 

[evut]

They are looking good, Julia. Mine have been hiding really well recently so I don't see much of them. Looking at yours, I wonder if the 2 on the sides are girls - they look a bit less white than the middle three.

 

[Bellabelloo]

A whole year has passed since I last posted about these.

They haven't done much since last year. They hide and I dig them out every now and then to check they are still here. Late last year I thought I had lost one. While excavating I noticed some odd little 'mud' balls under one of the pieces of bark, but I didn't register what they where till much later. I assumed they where possibly slug/snail or even worm eggs..so I squashed them..It was only earlier this year that I realised they may have been a batch of eggs Maybe this year I will be a little more alert.


I think they are eating well

 

[XDragonGrlX]

They look great! im about to order some. just trying to think of how many i should get haha

 

[Bellabelloo]

I dug a few up to see that they were ok