Tiger salamander care

[rodsboys]

no, in Alberta you can't keep only western tiger as those are native, but eastern are legal, same goes for hognose snakes.

You are allowed to keep the blotched tiger sal here, you can not sell or buy it though. There has been talk of the law being tightened up over the past couple of years though. As far as I know you are correct that other morphs are allowed in the pet industry. If you get a chance to do the Calgary or Edmonton reptile shows you can often find some of the other morphs available.

Cam- Love the feeding vid!

[Lija]

Tony, are you sure? I've heard a talk that laws are for not having anything native kept at homes, but if you can - i wonder if you can also keep western hognose that I'm dying to have for so long, when i can just get one from ontario or somewhere else, i better check it out before i got hopes up :lol:
I haven't been to Edmonton shows, but Red Deer and Calgary ones are really disappointing if you came to see and get frogs or anything but bp, boas, corns or cresties or spiders say last red deer only one person from edmonton had frogs and he had 2 pacmans, 1 pixie and very sad looking white and tomato, both WC never noticed salamanders, cos never been really interested in, BUT now.... I'm just loving this little one, it is amazing how such a tiny creature can win you over so fast.

[rodsboys]

Did some digging:

It is legal to possess red-sided, wandering, and plains garters. It is illegal to sell or export them.

It is legal to possess, sell, and export boreal toads, wood frogs, boreal chorus frogs, and blotched tiger salamanders.

All other native herps are illegal to possess.

Here is a link you can have a look at. Pretty sure the hognose is off limits as seen on the list of prohibited species.

Part 5
Non-game Animals
Ambystoma macrodactylum (Long-toed Salamander)
Bufo cognatus (Great Plains Toad)
Scaphiopus bombifrons (Plains Spadefoot Toad)
Bufo hemiophrys (Canadian Toad)
Rana pretiosa [(Western) Spotted Frog]
Chrysemys picta (Western Painted Turtle)
Phrynosoma douglassi (Short-horned Lizard)
Heterodon nasicus (Western Hognose Snake)
Crotalus viridis (Prairie Rattlesnake)

It appears that I was wrong about the blotched tiger sal though and wild caught specimens are not off limits in any way yet.



http://www.qp.alberta.ca/574.cfm?pag...=9780779738540

[Lija]

;((((((( no hognose for me then

thank you so much for the info.

[Lija]

can eastern sals can live with western sals? can different sized sals live together or like with frogs smaller ones can become food for bigger ones?

[KingCam]

can eastern sals can live with western sals? can different sized sals live together or like with frogs smaller ones can become food for bigger ones?

I think different sub species of tiger salamanders can live together without issue, but you probably better not take me at my word on that.

I could see a very small tiger becoming a meal for a very large tiger, but it would have to be one heck of a size difference I would imagine.

I keep my blotched tigers seperate from my easterns just because of the incredible size difference.

[rodsboys]

The only reasons I would seperate them is because of a huge size difference. The "one is small enough to be eaten by another senario". OR if you are trying to breed them, you obviously would not want hybrids of the sub species though I am sure they occur in the wild where the sub species over lap.