Salamander Larvae: A Basic Care Guide 

0:00-5:00 : Intro 5:01-8:15 : Housing 8:16-12:26 : Feeding 12:27-14:48 : From Water to Land 14:49-15:47: Outro

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Thank you, I feel I’m more prepared now when my larvae transition. I got my adults at my LFS with no information so I really appreciate your help and knowledge. Thank you!

In 2021 I did lots of research on how to raise them from egg to land. In spring of 2022 I went to a vernal pool near my friends house there were 2 pools almost next to each other. I found these pools in past exploring. I found the eggmass of the spotted salamanders I took 1 mass and raised them through summer. All of them transformed I decided to keep 2 and take the others back where I found them. I also raised frogs from eggs. I love all amphibians reptiles, and insects.!!!😊

I’ve been watching for a little bit and I’m getting inspired. Even went out of my way to get 10 eastern newts and I might start a channel all thanks to you :)

Thank you so much! This has been needed for quite some time!

I really enjoy your videos, they are very informative!

Their is this small creek in my yard that dries up and I got these larve so they don't die and they are very smol your video was very informative thankyou

I would be very interested in more in depth content on the water to land transition, particularly for spotteds! They are incredible animals. I agree, it is a challenge to find appropriate food. I found that hatching moina (considered a daphnia type, I believe ) was a lot easier than maintaining and a brine shrimp operation (plus my paranoia about rinsing all the salt..) As they transitioned, new challenges are presented, like not knowing if they are getting the food I have added. Now they hide during the day beneath bark and leaves ,also, the springtails definitely don't stay put, you know what i mean? ha.

Another thing to feed them is mosquito larvae works great with mine

If we could get in contact I’m a caudate breeder out of Michigan id like to send you some Spanish ribbed newt larva or possibly some c orientalis I’d love to see a video from larva to adult series

Approximately how long does it take for larval to transition to land ready? I've rescued a few dozen (left now from hundreds) from our fish pond that needed cleaning this spring before filling up and putting the coy in. There is a section that acts as a water filter that the pond water is pumped up past and the water flows downhill through, and the fish can't get in to it, that I believe would be the best place to release them back to. It has cat tails plants growing there and so has some dirt/roots clumps that the water flows thru back to main pond. There was a thick layer of gunk forming/growing on the ponds bottom and that's where I discovered the Salamander larvae when I drained the snow melt water out. These are "Tiger Salamanders" I believe. My question is because when we were kids we would catch what looked like larvae Salamanders, but they were 5" - 7" inches long in beaver ponds in the mountains and they'd only start to transition after being in our city's water for a few weeks. Otherwise they remain with the gills and tail webbing and are as big as adults we see on land if left in natural untreated water as long as we had them. The ones I have now are 1-1/2" or less in length. pretty sure they hatched this spring and their numbers are dropping as the big ones feed. Hoping to release all that's left back into the pond in next day or two, but we want to try raising a few in an aquarium. These guys are always coming up to the surface and getting a gulp of air every so often. Them doing that in the pond water/sludge was how I even noticed them as I was draining the water out. Discovered them and some water bugs (a couple of big ones that could eat fish), some blood worms, mosquito larvae and quite a few Dragon Fly Larvae in the mix too. (Pond Really needed cleaning) My brother and I kept the big ones all summer before releasing back to the wild and feed them earth worms, moths and flies we'd catch or swat dead. If dead we stuck them on a small diameter wire and dangled it in front of the salamander to entice feeding reaction. Worked pretty well. Hope this last part helps others with feeding any they posses and having trouble finding food for them. Hunting flies is time consuming though unless you use a live trap(s). Thanks for the informative video though, should help many people.

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