Tiger Salamanders 101 - Basic Care Guide & Habitat Setup Discussion
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Tiger Salamander Care and Info.
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really great info! love the salamanders and love their set ups
Thanks so much!
Great video. I wish there were more people dedicated to breeding these animals.
Thank you! I agree 100%
We seem to attract a disproportionate amount of tigers in our window well every October. We feed them blood worms in the winter and let them go in the spring when they have grown a few inches.
I think that if they enjoy the aquatic part of the tank then maybe when you redo their setup then maybe you should just include a small aquatic area, even if its not that big I think they will definitely use any water you give them so I think that would be nice!
Thanks for the tips Mike. These are some really cool animals. I like the set up you have.
Great video bro. I needed this guide 🙏
Thanks! Appreciate it!
great vid
Came for the salamander but now I’m way more interested in that chair!!!
Ha! Thanks. Love that antique chair !
I have found three sub species in Minnesota. In the field areas they have blotchy yellow markings. Then I go out to the woods and they have perfect yellow spots, and there’s a species with blue blotches.
Fantastic guide for a new owner, thanks!
Thank you!
I am thinking this is what we found injured in our shed.. I had him under a heat lamp in a small tank inside the bearded dragon enclosure, glad I decided to check if he needed warmth or not cause he may have roasted in there! planning on helping him get better and releasing him at the creek that I'm sure he was born at and somehow wondered up to my place. Thank goodness there is UA-cam videos from folks like you♡
Thank you so much!
Yes we have barred blotched and Arizona + mixes of tiger salamanders all over Colorado and up to 11,000 feet in the rocky mountains 😊
wow ive lived in colorado all my life and never knew we had salamanders! so happy to hear that
super helpful!!!
Thank you for referring me to this video from the last you responded to just this morning! I did some reserch and im pretty certain its legal for me to have my little dude. He loves his earth worms and crikets too! I have some native species of plants in his current enclosure but he spends his nights terraforming his enclusure so do you have a way to protect the plants? Also despite mine being an adult would it be beneficial to have a small water feature aside from just a pool since yours seem so thrilled being in theirs (as thrilled as those muppet faces can get, loved that)
Unfortunately, difficult to protect plants from them. They are big and bulky and can tear everything up. I use pothos, ferns etc.
@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 yeah mines becoming a professional landscaper at night XD
I love your setups and how confident you are with your knowledge on these critters! I would say the biggest struggle with them as an average person is keeping them below 72 degrees. How would you keep them cool and what temperatures do you think is the best for them?
Thank you! I keep my animals in my basement which is always cooler than the rest of the house. The room has no windows, so it doesn’t have sun streaming in heating the room up. Salamanders in general like cooler temperatures and I think anything in the 60s is optimal.
Alright thank you! The substrate/burrow should be like around 65 degrees if the ambient temperature is around 70 degrees right? Also what do you think about an observatory in the enclosure. It would basically be a pvc pipe or something similar attached to the glass which the salamander might burrow into.
@@KrabzAgaandFriends I think low 70s max and anything in the 60s is good. You could do that so you could watch them. I thought of adding something like that for some time (e.g., creating existing burrows) but ran short on time.
I would definitely like to keep tiger salamanders in the future however, I'm unsure if I would be able to find any captive bred in the uk! actually, I don't know if I would be able to find any at all!
@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 ok
If you’re still interested I know a guy! He’s able to post.
They are soo adorable!!!
Great vid man.
Beautiful....
Hey Mike - love all the vids...do you have a certain brand of organic potting soil you prefer?
Thank you! Not really. I use reptisoil quite a bit and also various brands from a nursery close to where I live. I just make sure there are no chemicals etc. reptisoil works great but is more pricey since usually have to buy from a pet store
Just caught what I think is a barred tiger salamander here in the desserts of SE New Mexico thanks for the info 👍
Grew up in a small town in Eastern MT, Every spring when they would clean/pump out the swimming pool (As they would only drain it part way before winter) Not sure if they would get down in the leaves, mud and dirt for hibernation that would inevitably make its way into the drained pumping system . There would always be 30-40 Tigers spit out of the pumps. I used to bucket them up and put them back by the creek by my house.
That’s wild. Good you were able to relocate them
Really been looking into getting Tigers for awhile, but seeing the set up for your barred makes me want to do a 1/3rd water 2/3rds land set up. Would you say its bad to keep them in a semi aquatic enclosure like that for their entire adult life? They seem to be enjoying it.
I love your chair. Is it hand carved? Antique?
Do you think tiger salamanders would enjoy living in a raised garden scape with water features?
Thanks. Yes, it’s antique and hand carved !! I think that could work depending on the temperatures. Also, would need to make sure no predators could get in etc. As long as there is a good amount of suitable substrate, that would be the main thing I think.
@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 great. I will add them to the list of garden guards. Redesign of urban housing since I saw what China is doing.
Look
www.tao-zhu.com.tw/
if we house people on that standard we can restore the environment.
so the garden system should use hungry friends instead of chemicals
1. Cute lil button quail
2. An American bullfrog name damson
3. A large Tiger salamander
:D
Wish I could have one (my choice would be a barred tiger salamander) here in Australia. We have axolotls though (I believe the only amphibian sold in pet stores in Australia) but I'm sure there are a lot of people here down under who want Tingrinums as well.
Just received my tiger today. Named it Marbles as I am not sure if it is male or female. I am so excoted!
Can you keep guppies or tetras in the water feature? Will the salamanders eat them? And what is too deep I'd like to build a paludarium with a decent sized water feature.
@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 yeah I think your right. I'm thinking of going with fire bellied Newt they seem like they would be less destructive and would appreciate the water feature more
Sidenote, cool chair
Thanks!
I live in the southwestern corner of Alberta along the RockiesI found 3 Tiger salamanders this fall and decided to keep 2 as pets. They’re pretty tiny, but growing quickly! The larder of the two, Gustav already knows my voice and face (maybe it’s my hand he knows 😂), and comes running to the glass when he sees me. They’re such great pets!
Hey! I live in Utah and am looking to grab one of these guys from the woods. I’ve got a 60 gallon and was wondering if that would work to keep a happy salamander. Also, I want to save some money on substrate and wonder if I grabbed some dirt from the woods and put it in the oven to kill parasites if that would work. Thanks!
Firstly, I would make sure it is legal to take them from the wild in Utah (I’m not familiar with the state laws there). 60 gallon is more than enough for one. Substrate should be at least 6 to 8 inches deep if not a bit more. I guess you could use soil from the area the animal comes from but would still recommend mixing it with organic top soil (zero fertilizer/ additives), coco fiber and damp sphagnum moss
Sounds great! Thanks for the expertise!
Also, how much of the zero fertilizer/ coco fiber/moss should I mix in?
@@zinkmystic88 like 50/50 I would say. Enough for it to retain moisture and be not too wet
What kind of tiger salamander do I have it’s brown/tan/yellow with black spots
Make a video on how to make the substrate and what are the quantities
Thanks
Is it okay to hold them here and there like you would a lizard for example as long as you wear clean gloves?
Salamanders in general should be handled as little as possible. We have oils and other impurities in our skin that can get absorbed through their skin. If you wear a clean pair of gloves (spray gloves with water) then I think it’s ok. I still don’t really handle mine unless I absolutely need to as it also stresses them out.
@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 thank you
I don’t know if I want one of these or a spotted or marbled salamander
They’re all so great
I recently saved a western tiger salamander that I found in my basement. I’ve been feeding him mealworms and bloodworms. Is that an okay diet for him? Or should I be feeding him something else?
Usually you shouldn’t keep wild ones captive, it can stress them out and kill them but you do you
@@Kalloo4 where do you think the captive bred ones came from? A stork 🤔 if it is good enough for big box breeders it’s good enough for anyone that loves critters and are willing to go the extra mile to learn and love 😀 over bred animals, genetic alterations kill more captive bred 🤷🏻♀️
I live in Montana and I just found a wild salamander and would like to know what's the best habitat for it. And if so how do I find the sex of the salamander?
All depends what kind of salamander it is. If it’s a Tiger salamander, then this video explains the best type of setup. Usually the easiest way to tell the sec is by looking at the cloaca. Typically a larger or more swollen cloaca , particularly during breeding season is a tell tale sign.
Yet I've found them in my mom's cellar I'm Ridgeway Co which is the San Juan mountains, down the street from the rockies
do you know anywhere i can purchase salamanders and newts online?
I would check FB’s salamanders and newts rehoming group. Breeders sometimes lost in there as well as people rehoming their animals. There are also online stores (don’t have experience with them).
K thanks
I just found your channel. I keep a few Ambystoma species, Hydromantes and Ensatina.
@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 Yeah, they're in my "lungless salamanders of the sierra nevadas" vivarium. We have xanthoptica, platensis, hybrids plus A. lugubris, H. platycephalus and brunus all in close proximity to each other in my area.
Where can I buy them?
I would check salamander rehoming on Facebook. There are also for sale online sometimes, but don’t have experience with any of those companies
@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 thank you so much! I have experience with them and they were my favorite they’re just hard to get a hold of
@@procrast3800 no problem. They are also one of my favorite species
Tiger salamanders are not absent from the Rocky Mountains. See dozens every year, literally in the mountains, in lakes well above 8k feet.
Yeah, I’ve heard of them in CO and other places where books say they are not. I know someone who also saw one in the southern Appalachians. That’s why I said “noticeably absent”. Interesting you find them in lakes…..usually where I live they never inhabit lakes / ponds with fish, only vernal pools.
@Slithering Salamander Scapes interesting! yep, there are lakes with literally hundreds/thousands here in Utah. the ones in high altitude lakes are in various larval stages, and frequently remain that way permanently. Saw close to 50 in a single lake on a hike last month.
@@AaronLukeWildlife that’s awesome to know they are abundant in areas historically thought not to have large numbers. I really think they are more abundant even in areas where they are thought to be extirpated given they are so reclusive given they spend 90% of their lives underground….except when they travel to breed of course
I have three 2 eastern tigers and a mystery one I don’t know what kind it is it looks like a barred tiger salamander but with black spots go to my channel to see it
@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 ok cool when I hade it it grew to 10 inches and it was neotenic until I did a water Chang. Thanks for the compliment I’ll make sure to tell her someone thinks she’s pretty.
@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 I ordered it as a larvae at @undergroundreptiles.com I think it’s in Florida
@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 I thought it could have been blotch, barred, or western, but it doesn’t explain why mine has spots and not stripes
@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 ok cool maybe if I breed them I can get rare ones
Bro …. 18 mins I wanted to see an enclosure
Got mine at 9k feet in Rocky Mountains….. so your wrong in first statement 😂
Need to be closer to mike
They are baby
latincis the correct name, I'm sorry the vulgar names are different from place to place and indicated with the same name different animals. So It's a confusion and laziness not to use latin name.
What subspecies are you referring to?