Fire Salamander Help

[firesalamander]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew a good website to buy fire salamanders?

 

[Bellabelloo]

If you keep an eye on the for sale section towards the bottom of the page....you may find one.

 

[firesalamander]

Thanks! i've been looking at pet stores, but here in the U.S. its very hard to get ahold of some.

 

[Azhael]

Pet store S.salamandra are most likely WC, which makes them a very bad choice for a beginner, since they usually fall ill or die. Also, WC Salamandra are illegally caught in europe, and buying them promotes this activity.
I strongly advice/beg that you forget about pet-shop Salamandra, and find some nice, healthy CB ones from breeder.

 

[firesalamander]

okay, Thanks definitely no pet stores. I was only going to get captive bred in the first place and the guy said most of them are captive bred. Anyways I found a seller with captive bred here in the U.S. so im going to buy from him.

 

[mechanic380]

If he is a public breeder do you mind posting some information about him and what kind of price he is charging. I am mainly curious, but others might be wish to find some as well.

 

[firesalamander]

Well he only has one left at the moment (the one im buying) But the website is www.bayareareptiles.com

He even has the high yellow fires for $45 and up

 

[Azhael]

Mmmmm...all the pictures are of adults and he claims to be selling CB adults, and there is no mention of subspecies...very suspicious indeed.
I´m not well informed in the US market but i think S.salamandra juveniles are rather expensive, and you´d expect adults to be vailable for higher prices...since the price of these adults appears to be close to that of the juveniles and the web also acts as a retailer, i´d say they are most likely WC.

 

[firesalamander]

hm i've never thought of it that way. I'll have to look in to that. He doesn't seem to know that much about them either.