What was your first caudate?

[oregon newt]

I thought I'd ask what everyone's first caudate was because I look at people's profiles and see how many they have, that I wonder what got um started. Mine was of course the ones I have right now, rough-skinned newts. What was yours and what got you interested in them?

 

[lilsoul]

my dad got a pair of jfb newts when I was 10 and I have hooked ever sense

 

[i_love_necturus]

Redbacks, that I used to find and keep for short amounts of time.

 

[Lasher]

I impulse bought a paddle tail because I thought it was talking to me in the shop(who wouldnt?).

 

[ben_tajer]

When I was 5 or 6 living in switzerland my dad caught an alpine newt and let me keep it for a week. My mom released it in the middle of the foot path in front of our house, by the end of the day a neighbor had stepped on it. It was depressing, but it got me into caudates. My first caudates that I kept as proper pets were chinese firebellies I got when I was 12.

 

[Otterwoman]

I started with Notos. And I've never looked back!

 

[lims]

yea I got into keeping them permanently with chinese fire bellies, but used to keep smooth newts temporarily as pets when I was younger.
I still remember when I was only aware of frogs and toads, and my dad's friend introduced me to a newt, at the time all I could think was "I had no idea underwater lizards lived in England!"

 

[Nathan050793]

My first newt was a T.grans that my mom got for me at a Walmart pet store (man, do I feel old or what?)when I was 5. Then when I was 12 I bought a C.orientalis (who I still have), and have been addicted ever since.

 

[Levo]

My first newt was a T.grans that my mom got for me at a Walmart pet store (man, do I feel old or what?)when I was 5. Then when I was 12 I bought a C.orientalis (who I still have), and have been addicted ever since.

If you you feel old now at 14 there really isn't much going for you lol.

I kept a few smooth newts and tried rearing some from eggs when I was around 11 and kept axolotl's once before all without much success really because of my nieveity of a child and not researching properly.

I got an axolotl now and done my research now that I am older and more responsible so hopefully when I get more room I will be able to get more caudata.

 

[Slimy2]

My first sal was P. glutinosus and it has always been my favorite species of salamander since.

 

[Kaysie]

My first permanent caudates were some Jefferson's sals (which I still have), and I also fostered some long-toed sals and some Dicamptodon. Before that, I'd had random things found in the woods, kept for a few days and released.

 

[Abrahm]

When I was about six I was first introduced to salamanders, having only known toads and frogs before that. I used to find and keep tiger salamanders for a few days.

My first caudate that I kept permanently was a Pachytriton labiatus that led me to finding this website.

 

[Jake]

My first newt was C.orientalis. Tiger salamanders and axolotls are what got me hooked, and then I moved on to newts and have been an addict ever since.

 

[Plethodonae]

My first and only caudate I'm keeping right now is one P. Cinereus. Planning on getting another so I can start breeding.

 

[bcs]

hhhmmm?????? I was fishing in idaho and caught a idaho giant salamander. yippie

 

[Jennewt]

My first caudates were obtained for a research project on newts, and when it was finished I kept some of them (broken-striped newts, Notophthalmus viridescens dorsalis). The last one of them died about 20 years after I got them. But the story doesn't end there... I just received some eggs that are the "grandchildren" of my original newts

 

[John]

"Triturus" vulgaris vulgaris, when I was about 10.

 

[benw]

My first caudates were the native uk species, and then onto axolotls,.

Havent looked back since.

Ben

 

[Yahilles]

I started with Pleurodeles waltl... without any good solid informations about it :/

 

[louise]

Cynops pyrrogaster and a spotted salamander when I was about 12. More recently, my hongkongensis.