My tiger

[eris]

I wanted to share a couple of pictures of my new tiger salamander with all of you. Can anybody tell me what sort of tiger this is? He/she seems healthy to my novice eye, and seems to be comfortable in his new home. He has eaten (a nightcrawler), soaked, explored, and burrowed, all of which seem appropriate behaviour, I would think. Any comments would be most welcome.

(Message edited by jennewt on August 19, 2004)

 

[kaysie]

Looks like a lovely setup. Make sure you change the water often.

 

[mark]

Looks like a Blotched Tiger Salamander to me.
I would recommend maybe stacking some large flat rocks as a cave for him to hide in sometimes. Otherwise, he is likely to burrow into the dirt and make a mess, maybe even dig up the plants. He may even end up under your water dish. I have some tigers (see My Tigers and Their Setup, an earlier post in the Photos forum), and none of them dig up the dirt as long as I give them a few caves to hide under.
Good luck!

 

[eris]

Sorry it's taken so long for me to get back to this thread. Tiggie is doing very well these days. He does burrow down under the dirt, but the plants are potted, and just as you suspected Mark, he likes to sleep under the water dish. He doesn't make any mess, though, and conveniently uses the water dish as a toilet, making cleanup a snap. He stayed buried for the first week or so, but he now comes out every evening and stays out most of the night. He happily accepts food from my fingers, and if I'm not careful about how I hold it, he happily attempts to eat my fingers, as well!