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My husband has a tiger salamander (i don't know the variety, I rescued him from a car mechanic's sump pump) and he is currently in a 10gal with gravel sloped so half is water, half is dry land, but I want to do something more realistic. Could anyone who has one please post pics of your cages so I have an idea what it should look like? Thank-you!

First, ditch the sloped half land half water setup. Adult tigers are fully terrestrial. The only time adults enter water is to breed. Adults are also fossorial, meaning they live underground in tunneled burrows. They come to the surface to feed at night or if their burrows are flooded. They do have functional lungs and can drown. Second, if you are wanting a natural setup that is fine but it is only going to be aesthetically pleasing to those that view it. Also, I am not saying that you will never see your tiger at all. They, in a very general sense, will condition to you. Mainly if they see you move they think food is coming. Mine does it all the time, even after a feeding. Sorry that I cannot show you a good natural setup. I keep mine simple, nothing fancy. I wish you the best of luck in keeping the tiger. They are very fascinating creatures.
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Here are two excellent pieces of information you should look at:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/setups3.shtml
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Ambystoma/A_tigrinum.shtml

Here's my setup. It's a 40 gallon tank which houses a large male, which I've had for over 10 years, as well as two females which I've had for around five years.

The salamanders spend most of their time burrowing, but they associate people with food (I hand feed them) and will come out from time to time to "beg" to be fed (this usually involves them jumping and snapping at people).

There is a water dish that is about 8 inches in diameter hidden behind the plant at the right of the photo. The water is about an inch deep. The salamanders seems to enjoy hanging out in the water for hours at a time.

Tim

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That's a very nice setup.
My setup is simple. I have a 20L w/ 2 female tigers, one corkbark hide & one fake log hide (a hide on each end). In the middle is a black plastic food tray that serves as a pool. I see each of my girls in there regularly. They love to soak & frequently go to the bathroom in the water, which helps me keep the tank clean
I use a biological soil mixture of bed-a-beast, peat moss, sand, cuprus mulch, springtails, red worms, etc... They seem to be doing well in the setup & have been there for over a year.

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