Triturus marmoratus

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Cleaned them out recently and took some shots.
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Mark
what are you feeding your juves on,i have 20 now and quite a few more to come.I have been chopping small earth worms up but i'm not sure if their eating them.I also tried hatchling crickets. Ian
 
Ian, I have some that look to be about the same size as Marks, and Im feeding mine blood worms and two week old crickets.
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Hi Ian, those pictured are probably nearer sub-adult than juvie - around 4 inches. When they were really small I fed them hatchling crickets and sweepings but managed to quickly wean them on to frozen bloodworm from a toothpick. When you have 20 handfeeding may be impractical, I only have 6. The growth rate in handfed animals will be greater (assuming you feed them lots!) so it might be worth trying it with the kean ones. You could always separate them out from the ones that don't take to handfeeding.

(Message edited by aartse_tuyn on August 07, 2006)
 
How big are yours Mark? (cm or inches) Mine are 2-2 1/2 inches and I feed them on pinheads and live blackworms.
Again, fantastic animals
 
danny:

do you breed marmoratus? i'd sure love to get some if you do.gorgeous creatures.

gord
 
Thanks Mark/Danny i put some blood worm in a container the little ones can get in then misted them (the blood worm) with water to keep them alive,loads gone the next day.I have also now seen a couple flick their tongues out and get some pin head crickets.Counting up ,if all my tadpoles morph i will end up with around 100, so feeding with a toothpick would be a little time consuming. I hope i can get them onto chopped earth worm eventually as its costing me quite a bit.
 
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