Help! Newts and Fire Belly toads

I purchased them from a reptile specialty store out here in the Bay Area. I was recently in Petsmart though, and saw a tank full of FBT's and there was a dead one floating around (and when I went in the next day it still hadn't been removed...eww!) I probably wouldn't buy amphibians from them...
 
<blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1>Mandy R (Newtworldorder) wrote on Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 02:14 :</font>

"I was recently in Petsmart though, and saw a tank full of FBT's and there was a dead one floating around (and when I went in the next day it still hadn't been removed...eww!) I probably wouldn't buy amphibians from them..."<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote>

You need to go in to the store and complain to the manager about their care of these FBT's. Having a dead animal in the tank for any length of time is just asking for trouble. All sorts of icky bacteria that someone is going to end up taking home.
 
The sad thing is, I don't know if I have ever walked into a PetSmart with cfb's that DIDNT have at least one dead one in there. They are pathetic. Probably Petco too.
I also emphasize not having more than one paddletail in there unless you have a large tank. VERY territorial in my experiences.
The tail waving is most likely a male wanting to breed.
 
I'm pretty sure that even if you went back to PetSmart and complained, the managers wouldn't actually do anything. These types of stores don't address health issues until the media or the law does it for them. It's sad, because people can become animal specialists in these stores without actually having any training in the department.
 
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