Is this ok?, PLEASE HELP ME!

No i don´t know if they are protected, i´m spanish xDDD My knowledge of american laws is scarce(and the little i know doesn´t make much sense to me european brain).
I don´t even know if they are actually some kind of Eurycea, it was just a guess.
I simply want to encourage you to first find out if the law allows you to catch that particular species, and then take a decission...If you catch them, take them home and then they turn out to be a protected species...you won´t be able to set them free, and that population would have lost part of their animals...which is not good(plus you would be incurring into an ilegal act).
So please check, and make sure, first...i and the species will be thankful xD.

Oh and don´t worry, the snow is hardly going to be a problem...caudates are well adapted to their habitats...
 
They are Eurycea, and I will see if they are protected. And I only want the eggs :D
 
You seem to have a lot of energy and not a lot of age/wisdom to temper it. I can understand your enthusiasm for these animals, but with no experience in their care they will very likely die. How many people said it was not a good idea to take the eggs?

But some key points seem to have been overlooked....

1. do you have any experience raising newt/sal larvae?

2. do you have access to the micro foods they need? You do realize that after hatching the stream will wash all the larvae down the length of the stream and they would find plenty of food where ever they wind up? Not all stay in the same area you found them in.

3. do you know the life stages? are you prepared for that? IF they all live what will you do with them? Its never recommended newbies release captive wildlife back to the wild.

4. its been pointed out that these are NOT a beginners species and you read like the definition of newbie.

those are just a few of my concerns. strangely they don't seem to be your concerns?

I understand its exciting to find something that cute and relatively new to you in your own backyard but its not always in the animals best interest that you take it out of its environment to yours.

When taking on the care of delicate animals you need be mature and think about what is in the animals best
interest.
 
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I agree- I looked at the website you made that claims to be a care guide/information source for others with newt care questions, but quite a bit of the information there is incorrect or incomplete. Also, many of the questions you are asking on this thread indicate that you don't know enough to write a care sheet that other unexperienced people could read and use, leading to animals not being taken care of properly. Please do more research!

Also, I think someone already mentioned this, but the eggs will most likely be fine even if it does snow. They've evolved to be early spring breeders and can handle the weather that comes along with that.
 
Ok so since it looks like your dead set on keep these salamander eggs we need to know at least what state your from so we can peg down this species for you. If I had to guess and it would only be a guess at this moment I would go with Eurycea cirrigera or Eurycea bislineata. Except for maybe what kind of foods to start out with there's not really any other blanket information we can give you until then.

I really have to reiterate what others have said about just leaving them be, cause there is plenty of other ways to go about acquiring more easily kept newts. I have raised a few Eurycea sp. from eggs and in no way reccommend them for first timers.

Regarding collection of them. Most if not all states require you to have some kind of liscense, usually a fishing liscense, and also a limit to the number you can take. I would advise you to contact your local DNR or game warden to find out before you go any further.
 
OK, I talked with my dad before I read this page, and I am NOT getting the eggs, I am in fact, getting a beginner newt from the pet store, so JUST CHILL people! :p :)
 
I´m glad you decided not to collect them..even if they were not a protected species i´m always glad wild animals are left alone where they belong.

I have to say pet shops are the worst place to buy newts....
If by a begginner species you are thinking about Cynops....think twice. They arrive to petshops in a horrible state of health and usually develop infections and die.
If you want quality begginer species that you will never regret buying, contact some breeder and ask for Pleurodeles waltl, or any Triturus species. They are easily available, they are all CB and they are the easiest ones to care for.
 
You are not 'too late'. As mentioned before, the creek will not freeze and these eggs are adapted to the cold or they would not be in your location/climate in the first place. I hope you decided to leave them where they were.
Depending on what state you are in, you really should be aware of the regulations and permits necessary to do this type of thing. A fishing license (at the very least) may be necessary even though you have landowner permission. You may need a state menagerie license in order to keep them in your possession. And later in the process, you may need a stocking permit in order to release them back into the wild. Don't do these things blindly thinking that you are doing the animals a favor. Lastly, you really need to know what species they are before messing with them at all--there could be federal issues to deal with.
 
ok, "moondog" Did you read ANYTHING I posted before about leaving them be, getting a newt for BEGINNERS somewhere ELSE, or they are NOT protected?!?!?!?!?! And I do know what they are, Thank you very much!
 
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Hahaha they are great salamanders if you have can keep them for a while. I currently have two of the two lined salamanders and I have had them from near hatch. Expect a really long time before they metamorph. If you do end up keeping them feed them bloodworms and other small worms, or maybe some brine shrimp too.
 
Alright, I will no longer be posting here because I called the wildlife people and they came to see if they were OK, if they were they left them, if not they took them , I don't get in their business. Not to mention I joined this for help, not to chat! I may "chat" once I get my newt, which I am waiting for a breeder to get them ready for me because I want it to live a happy long, life. Thanks for the people that helped me.
 
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