injured t.marms

[Neotenic_Jaymes]

I have a really REALLY aggressive male t.marms, and he has injured a tank mate. I seperated him from all others till he calms down. The injured female t.marms is doing fine, the tip of her tail is missing......damn... would it regenerate?? I've been feeding them really well getting them ready for a cooling period. Now I'm thinking I shouldnt put her through a cooling perioid. Should I????Would her tail regenerate????

 

[coendeurloo]

Agrresiveness in T. marmoratus is very rare in my experience. Are you sure they aren't stressed or fed too little?

 

[Kaysie]

The tail will regenerate. Just keep it cool and well fed.

 

[Neotenic_Jaymes]

I keep the t.mars very well fed.I feed all my newts every 2 days. lots of daphnia blood worms and earth worms. I was wondering why is he so aggressive because i know that I feed him alot. he's really fat witha slight crest. he wasnt like that at 1st but now he seems to almost aim for other newts. all my other newts avoid biting each other but this guys doesnt care, he'll bite and wont let go. I can tel the other newst are scared of him and are all hiding. I checked all my newts and they're all fine no one else got injured just that 1female. Why would my T.marms be so aggressive??? I keepem well fed theres plenty of room in the tank its not overly crowded?

 

[Jennewt]

Does the newt go after his tankmates all the time, or mostly just when there is food in the tank? When I had crested newts, they would sometimes have feeding accidents, mistaking a tail for food. There were some injuries, but they always healed and regrew without any problem.

 

[michael]

My T. marms are breeding right now. They are kind of aggressive when feeding. I think it's pretty normal for Triturus to challaenge each other, fight a little, and carry on. This happens even more when in breeding condition. It's a good idea to have enough space and hiding places and spread the food around a little. Sometimes it's necessary to seperate animals for awhile to beef the less aggressive ones up. If you want to breed them you're going to have to let them tussle a little.

 

[Neotenic_Jaymes]

rite micheal! thats basically what I do spread out the food avioding accidents. But my t.marms is going after anything that moves and wont let go. I dont think I'll putem back with his mates anytime soon. I know he;s well feed and shoudlnt be stressed. I dont know if his aggressiveness is caused by stress. His tank mates arent stressed, no signs at all of stress. I think he;s really energetic and gets to excitied when food is present. even though he attacks others when food isnt present he goes even more crazy when food is there ofcourse. Maybe I'll keepem byhimself for awhile and see how he is, I've been keepin a close eye on him and dont know why he;s like that. LIke i said before he wasnt allways like that.

 

[Azhael]

I think that´s quite normal though...
My dobrogicus will bite each other for 5 minutes before they realize the food is in the bottom of the tank and not on the mate´s head. They never hurt each other though...or at least nothing serious.
If all your male does is bitting tail tips every now and then i wouldn´t really worry...
I asked a class mate about this and he told me he has found that a pretty high percentage of wild adults show some degree of damage in their tales or crests(males)....nothing they can´t regrow easily.
But if this behaviour really bothers you then you probably will have to keep them separated or take them out for feeding.

 

[eldaldo]

I have the same problem. I was keeping 4 adult T. karelinii (1m,3f) in a 30 gallon tank and the smallest female was always getting her tail bitten off. She has just recently regrown her third tail. It makes me wish we were as regenerative. I now only keep 3 in the 30 gallon tank, and feed them individually in a separate container than the tank. I have not had any problems since her last de-tailing.

 

[ButtercupSaiyan]

Eldaldo: Do the regrowths on your salamanders come in much paler than the surrounding fleshy areas? Do they darken up over time?