Tiger video

[christian]

Well, the first link of this old video did not work so well, so here is a new link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwbERDOKVco

I made this video to show the funny behavior of tiger salamanders, I don't do this every time.

 

[phoebe]

HAHA!! Great! Love the music, and lets all bite christian!!

 

[joan]

Very cute. All the roommates enjoyed it also.

 

[karen]

Very funny! Good job! The kids are cute!

 

[christian]

Thank you, they are still as cute as in the beginning only a bit bigger

 

[virginie]

Excellent

 

[s1ren]

Awww

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[rachel]

Great video. I would bite also if someone was sticking their huge finger in my face... LOL

 

[joseph]

LOL great video! I wonder if you let them have it if they would have had a go at eatin your hand?

 

[rachel]

I just watched it again. In response to the last post, I think that they would have. They really seemed to have wanted to take in the whole finger!

 

[christian]

If I let them they will eat my finger till they know it's not right..They spit it out very fast, and you get your finger back unharmed, but covered with a dirty substance...I don't let them eat my finger any more, it nicer to see them eat real food

 

[joseph]

I'm assuming for real food they must get very big fat juicy nightcrawlers

 

[christian]

Yes, and grasshoppers, crickets, waxworms, chicken filet, and baby mice. They like variety

 

[Jan]

Quite a varied diet - but they do not look obese! How often and how much do you feed them at one time?

 

[christian]

Well, they don't get waxworms and baby mice every week, more once a month or so.

I normally feed them once a week:

5 crickets each
or 2 grasshoppers each
or one piece of chicken filet each (pinky size)
and if I have nightcrawlers they get them together with the other meals.

Sometimes I give them extra food( crickets+ waxworms or baby mice) and then they look very obese, if that happens I wait 2 weeks before the next meal, in the wild they sometimes also have to wait days/weeks to finally find some good food.

If I wait longer than a week with feeding them they will become more active searching for food, and they won't become so lazy and obese.

 

[Jan]

Thanks Christian. I feed my tigers similarly regarding food volume/week, but was curious as to the frequency you offered pinkies, chicken and waxworms.