OK, so friday afternoon, I bought a couple Cynops pyrrhogaster that I was surprised the pet store had. I have been looking for a local source of newts for a while. They were not housed in the best setup and I could tell they were not being cared for well (they were housed in about an inch of water with fire belly toads
). I shouldn't have given in, but I impulsively bought 2 of them since I have been looking so hard to find some. They were only 3 a piece too so I couldn't help myself. The 2 I got appeared healthy, however one of them had some skin coming off his tail which i noticed after buying them. I placed them in the setup which is pretty much 50/50 with about 4 inches of water in the deep end. I fed them some freeze dried bloodworms and also tried feeding some freeze dried gammarus, but they were uninterested in eating. I thought maybe the stress of the new home may have been the cause or that they were used to other foods, so I paid little attention to this. I left sunday morning and when I got back lastnight, I noticed they were both dead and had white fungus all over them. One of them had what looked like open wounds in the skin like the skin had rotted away in those spots. I felt horrible. The air conditioner broke and it shot the temp up to the 80s. My question is, would they have gotten sick even if the AC had been working? can fungus grow that fast, or did they mostly develop this before I bought them? was this directly my fault, or was it bound to happen given their conditions before i got them? I would appreciate any insight and please talk me out of buying from this pet store! thanks!
). I shouldn't have given in, but I impulsively bought 2 of them since I have been looking so hard to find some. They were only 3 a piece too so I couldn't help myself. The 2 I got appeared healthy, however one of them had some skin coming off his tail which i noticed after buying them. I placed them in the setup which is pretty much 50/50 with about 4 inches of water in the deep end. I fed them some freeze dried bloodworms and also tried feeding some freeze dried gammarus, but they were uninterested in eating. I thought maybe the stress of the new home may have been the cause or that they were used to other foods, so I paid little attention to this. I left sunday morning and when I got back lastnight, I noticed they were both dead and had white fungus all over them. One of them had what looked like open wounds in the skin like the skin had rotted away in those spots. I felt horrible. The air conditioner broke and it shot the temp up to the 80s. My question is, would they have gotten sick even if the AC had been working? can fungus grow that fast, or did they mostly develop this before I bought them? was this directly my fault, or was it bound to happen given their conditions before i got them? I would appreciate any insight and please talk me out of buying from this pet store! thanks!