Fire Bellied Toads and Caudates

[Tom Highum]

hmm thanks

[Kurt]

You're welcome.

[John]

There are hundreds of threads about this on caudata.org. There are also some articles on Caudata Culture.

[Tom Highum]

So john whats your opinion on it?
Also i cant find any on Caudata

[Azhael]

There are plenty of reasons why mixing is a very bad idea. Toxins is only one of the issues. Patogens, agression, differences in housing requirements, etc....are all good reasons to avoid it.
Specially agression in this case, i think is important. Bombina will jump and try to it anything that moves, and if a newt was to venture on land, it will sure get a bite (or get eaten if small enough), which will then cause stress to the newt, or even small wounds that might get infected.

[scribbles]

I know someone who has been sucessfully keeping Fire-Bellied Toads with an Oriental Fire-Bellied Newt for quite some time now. Both seem to be doing great. (I keep my Fire-Bellied Newt seperate from my toads). I'm not reccommending this, just thought I'd share.

[Tom Highum]

Hmm they seem like they would be native to similar areas. Anyone elses thought on this?