Tiger salamander care

[Lija]

hm.. a question, does salamander produce any noises? I've heard something in higher pitch quite a few times, that I haven't heard before coming from amphibian rack, and that is definitely not a a waxy/pixie/pacman croak. my girls are quiet, that leaves only sal.

[Lija]

and pics - would you help me ID - A tigrinum? in a fat belly that you can see are 20 wax worms and 1 nighcrawler (whole), i think I need to limit food intake after all.

[Lija]

anyone ?

[Pluke]

Wish I could help with the exact species Lija, I don't know though. I can say that he looks really good and that I have heard that Tigers can make a squeaking noise.. and they are known for getting obese so you might want to ease up on the Waxworms, they're extremely fatty. I'm sure you can judge how much is too much, these salamanders will always take food so you gotta know when to quit.

[Lija]

no he is on a diet now :lol:
with wax worms that was one time thing only I got a package of 50 wax worms that nobody else would eat, it was interesting to see how much is enough, apparently there is no limit with this guy, although with 3 big silkworms today he seems kinda full.
he is mainly on nightcrawlers now with occasional hormworms/silkworms/butterworms/crickets, he is eating anything that moves and not, i had pacman food leftovers, he ate it too.

[Pluke]

Sounds like he's pretty spoiled to me, haha. I wish I could find some silkworms around here.. I saw them once and didn't get them, now I never see them. I'm going to attempt to breed some in spring I think. I've bred the Hornworms and that was pretty easy, I don't imagine silk worms will that much more difficult.

[Lija]

oh yes he is spoiled big time, actually all of mine are :lol: we have here silkworms always available in different sizes, but those that I got are huge , probably 2" and fat, but i would trade this to having roaches any time
that thing ( as we call it :lol would beg for food any time somebody is passing by, most of the time he is running along the glass and jumping on it, you'd think he is starving here to death.
need to have a chat with you on breeding hormworms, i always thought it is very difficult, my frogs love them, but we should take it to feeder section

[rodsboys]

and pics - would you help me ID - A tigrinum? in a fat belly that you can see are 20 wax worms and 1 nighcrawler (whole), i think I need to limit food intake after all.

I would say A tigrinum based on the pics. I agree with Pluke, you are feeding too much. They will never get to eat like that in the wild. If you do feed them a meal that sized you have to make them fast for a while so they can burn off some of those nutrients.

[Lija]

the guy is on a diet now, one nightcrawler a day or similar amount of something else, mostly crickets.

thanks, so i have in fact eastern one! good to know.