Hello all! I'm a snake owner, and I've been left with a salamander who I don't know what to do with. A friend of mine from work found the little guy in the wood pile in her basement, and by then it was too cold to put him outside, she said, so she kept him. She's moving to another state ina few days, so she left him with me, thinking that I could care for him, since I have experience with snakes. I'm willing to try, but I know nothing about salamanders. I've tried looking up care sheets, but they all say something different, and there are, apparently, salamanders that live on land, some in the water, and some in between. I have no idea which he is.

I live in Maine, and the ground is covered with snow right now. He's a little black guy with yellow spots. He's about four inches long from head to tail tip. My friend told me she put worms in his tub, which he probably ate because she hasn't seen any worms, live or dead, in his tub. I have a pair of geckos, so we have mealworms at all times. Can we feed him small mealworms? I'm planning to put him in a larger tub with a water tub in one end. He's just on backyard dirt right now, which we've been keeping damp. He has a piece of bark to hide under. Does he need any heat? Our house is around 68 degrees at all times.

I'd really like this guy to live through the winter so we can let him loose in the spring. Thanks in advance for the help!!

- Victoria

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• What do I do with this salamander??? - SnowFoxx, Tue Dec 28 21:40:05 2004
• RE: What do I do with this salamander??? - rust, Wed Dec 29 07:37:46 2004
• RE: What do I do with this salamander??? - markmark6464, Wed Dec 29 15:14:55 2004
• RE: What do I do with this salamander??? - EdK, Wed Dec 29 17:42:51 2004
• RE: What do I do with this salamander??? - jennewt, Wed Dec 29 18:29:21 2004
• RE: What do I do with this salamander??? - markmark6464, Thu Dec 30 14:43:53 2004