So I'm no expert, but I love salamanders and there is a creek/river near me that I've been visiting weekly for several years, and have found all sorts of salamanders there. There is a severe drought in my area, and the water is almost completely gone. There are a few puddles left, but most of that water is choked with algae.

I've been finding tons of dead fish, crawdads, tadpoles, frogs, and salamander larvae. Well about three months ago, I found one puddle left of salamander larvae. Given my area, I think they are northern dusky salamanders. In my grief over so many dead animals, and in desperation to save something, I brought them home. I was able to catch 43 of them. I brought the water, soil, rocks, and even snails and clams from their area, and put all that in a 10 gallon tank with a low flow filter. I honestly didn't expect most of them to survive.

It's been about three months, and they're all still alive. I've been growing mosquito larvae on my porch to feed to them, as well as frozen blood worms. They've gotten huge, but still have their gills, so I can't release them yet. The creek is still dry. I didn't plan this far ahead. I didn't have a plan. I still don't have a plan. Winter is going to be here soon, and I don't know what to do.

The goal was to just keep them for a few weeks until it rained, then let them go, but it never rained enough. My area has had about three rain storms since I've brought them home, but it has dried back up within a few days. If I'm going to keep them over the winter, how do I do that? Do I need to lower the water temp? Stop feeding them? I really tried to do what I thought was right, but now I'm realizing I may have fucked up, and I have the lives of 40+ salamander babies in my hands. I could use any advice. I know this probably wasn't smart and I own that.

I just made a new 40 gallon Paludarium setup, and i want to keep newts or salamanders. I've never kept them before but I have experience with other amphibians and reptiles, and I just need a few beginner recommendations for my tank specifically, ik some are more aquatic and some are more terrestrial. Good sources and credible sites for research would be incredibly helpful. Water is abt 4 in deep. Terrestrial substrate is reptisoil. The land part is sitting on a box made of egg crate light diffuser to separate the dirt from the water. Lots of land space and decent swim room.

Question for anyone with red-backed salamanders: do you dust your feeders? If so, what do you use?

Found in backyard, Hudson NY

When I first saw it, I thought it was just a tail, to my surprise, the whole kit n kaboodle.

1. red salamander
   
2. Atlantic coast slimy salamander
   
3. three-lined salamander
   
4. eastern newt
   
5. marbled salamander

went road cruising twice in the last couple weeks on rainy nights and found twelve sally species :) I moved over 120 individuals (not counting all the frogs, too) across the road so they wouldn’t get hit, although a handful had already met their fate unfortunately. it really felt great to be able to help so many though, especially because a lot of the marbleds were gravid!

like the title says, I highly recommend going out to rural roads on rainy nights (wearing bright, reflective colors, using a flashlight, and watching for cars) to move these friends across the road in the direction they’re going. there’s so many little lives that need saving during this migration season! it’s not only extremely fun, but also incredibly helpful and rewarding :)

I always told myself I’d only have black and white pets. In a perfect world, I’d have a California King snake and Dalmatian Mollies (fish)). This friend was this close to joining the dream life. However, I let them on their merry way instead, of course. How cute!

Hi, so I am looking for tips to help him feed.

He is a white spanish ribbed newt and his terrarium setup is a bioactive with sand and plants. Water stats are good when I test. I feed him live earthworms, blood worms and pallets. Have had him and another one together for about 2 years. His coloring looks normal: pink, no weird spots. Feeding schedule is twice a week.

I see him searching for food, sniffing around in the sand, getting closer to the food. Sometimes he is so close but then he missed the bite. Other times it looks like he "loses the scent" and starts searching in the wrong direction. He looks kind off blind?

His counterpart: a dark grey female has no issues at all. She picks the food up easily. You can see a big difference in their size by now because the boy is just not eating that much.

I have been trying putting him in a seperate container for feeding, but it got so bad that in the 5 hours he has been last in there; he caught only 1 small earthworm. I am starting to get worried, because before his weight stayed the same, but now he seems to be getting skinnier and skinnier.

Unfortunately there is no specialized vet here that handles salamanders. Any help is very welcome.

I found it under a log right next to a pond in Beaver, WV. Thanks!

Found him in the skimmer right after we had done a shock, so I pulled him out, let him rinse off in some fresh water, and my daughter got some pictures.

Today is warm and rained whole day, I had earthworms under the bin before, so instead of rolling it, I lifted it, and found two salamanders under!!!! I thought I’d see tree frogs, not those guys 🥹 pleasantly surprised. I used a stick to guide them into grass so they don’t get squished when my husband comes back

https://www.reddit.com/r/salamanders/s/wJPJ0SqJck

Loved seeing huge swaths of these guys slither onto every forested trail come dark. Included last is the ginormous spring salamander, the 'trex' of its biota which is more than happy to scarf down any unfortunate jordani that stumbles onto its path

I'm happy to announce it's Rusty's second birthday! I truly love the little guy, and we've been through a lot over the course of two years.
Although caring for him can be hard sometimes, we always get through it. As a teen, I've been able to cure him of edema (sadly an exotic vet wasn't available anywhere near us) and care for him well overall, which I'm glad I'm able to do. It's crazy I can just search him up and he'll pop up; he may very well be the most famous salamander on Reddit (search up "Rusty from r/salamanders" if you want to try for yourself. He's able to recognize me as an individual through scent and possibly through features, which is insane for his small brain capacity. He's getting a tank upgrade soon, and I'm looking forward to spending the next 20+ years with him.

Not a great picture but the few individuals that I found slipped back into their hidey holes quickly and I didn’t want to harass them. If you’re unfamiliar with this species, they occur only on a single side of one mountain in GA.