Quote Originally Posted by Ribbity View Post
Great Job on the terrarium!
I hate to be one of 'those' people that think they know best, but you said your getting or have paddle tailed newts? these look very docile creatures but are actually quite aggressive. I had one and he was biting the toads off my toads! (i was falsely sold him with my toads) but as soon as i realized this was the case i got him his own tank.

These are highly aggressive newts, and should not be kept with other species. If the tank is small, they should not even be kept with others of their own kind. Bite marks can be seen as curved shape marks on the skin or even missing limbs. Bites can be fatal, sometimes even killing both animals.

if you see others with two in one tank, they may have been lucky but how long can being lucky last?


Just some advice
Thanks Ribbit, I had experiences. I didn't knew they were so territorial and aggressive until I see the bite marks on one of my newts. Now I only kept 1 in the vivarium with a betta.