Saturday, August 4, 2007

I Got A Salamander!

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I got a salamander on Wednesday! I rescued him actually, because we got it from the bait shop where it would have been used for fish bait. I named him Cricket. The lady at the bait shop said that he would turn into a full grown air-breathing salamander. I'm not sure what kind he is, but I think it's called an Axolotl, which will only lose its gills if I give it really low water. It might be a tiger salamander larvae, though. I hope he stays like he is. This is a picture of his tank.

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I've added a piece of pipe to his tank since I took this picture.

He is supposed to eat all kinds of bugs, but I tried to feed him roly-polys and he spits them out. So now I'm feeding him big long earthworms. He ate 1 1/2 of them yesterday! That seems to be all he can handle because I put another half of one in his tank and he didn't eat it.

If any of y'all can tell me if he is an Axolotl or a Tiger Salamander Larvae (and even if you don't know what he is!), please leave a comment!

2 comments:

A Hopeful Hollar Knits said...

He's so cute! I'm sure everyone is enjoying his company. ;-)

Anonymous said...

I love that your family loves God's creatures so much !! Enjoy your new little buddy!!

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