Carotenes?

[chris]

Hi, my firebelly toad's red colour is fading
and my book of info on them tells me to feed them something with a source of carotenes, what kind of food has that in it?

 

[kelly]

Carrots have carotenes...dunno about anything else though.

 

[edward]

check out this thread as it covers it pretty well

http://www.dendroboard.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7956&highlight=

Also please restrict posts on Firebelly toads to the other forums found at the bottom of the page. I'm going to leave this one here as there is some interest in supplementing the color in some of the Cynops species.

Ed


(Message edited by ed on November 07, 2005)

 

[jennifer]

Another option might be Nekton-Rep-Color. It is sold by blackjungle.com and nyworms.com. I have used it on juvenile firebellied newts, and I think it made modest enhancement of their color.

(Message edited by jennewt on November 09, 2005)

 

[sergé]

It could also be just old age. Especially older newts tend to loose coloration and orange or red colours fade.

 

[jennifer]

I've heard that FB toads lose their color more readily than newts do.

Here are some previous discussions on the same topic:

http://www.caudata.org/forum/messages/24791/25583.html?1099538082
http://www.caudata.org/forum/messages/24791/27589.jpg