The Basics for Setting up a Newt Vivarium

An article about building vivariums. 營ntended for proper handling of habitats made for fire salamanders, paddle tail newts, reptiles and other small non-native animals.

Although considered by some to be exotic pets, newts and salamanders are actually easy to take care of, once you get into a routine of feeding them and cleaning their vivarium you made for them.?If they are small newts that you purchase from a pet store, you should be able to get away with building a ten gallon vivarium tank in which to house them.

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Think of it as a housing plan when you are laying out the floor-plan.?It抯 a good idea ?a necessary idea, actually ?to make most of it water; about 66% of your vivarium should be aqueous, and 33% land mass. The watery area should be no less than about four inches deep, although six is better.? Because newts are amphibians, they adore the water, and will actually spend the bulk of their tie there.?Land is of course still necessary, and any embankments should be such that they can exit and enter the ponds and other watery areas readily.

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Attach an aerator to the vivarium, because over time, the water would otherwise lose its oxygen content from all the underwater breathing that goes on.?Aside from the watery medium, there should be a drinking bowl ?made of perhaps rock or clay to better simulate their natural environment ?so that your newts don抰 have to drink where they poop.?Speaking of which; poop must be cleaned out once weekly; a full clean of the entire tank needs to happen every month, as no animal can subsist on its own waste!

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As bright light isn抰 good for them, be sure to keep the lamp you might use for your own viewing pleasure off during the day and away from their preferred shading places (you抣l come to know these paces shortly after they make themselves at home).? Remember; they will dry out and die under direct sunlight and without plenty of humidity.?The plant and crevices you抳e constructed or erected in the vivarium tank should suffice to keep them well-shaded with minimal light.

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Try to avoid feeding the newts roaches from around your house or bugs from the nearby pond lol. If these have any non-native microorganisms (as in, alien to the newts?place of origination); it could harm them.?Buy cheap pinky mice and mealworms from the local pet store; the good thing s that these amphibians really eat sparingly (to the human eye), and only feast once per week, or more infrequently if you give them fattening foods like cockroaches (from the pet store).

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Other than that, you should be able to keep your newts going n their own special corner of the world for a couple of decades.?Their long lifespan for such a small creature probably has something to do with their insane regenerative ability ?they can regrow lost tails, arms, legs, even internal organs!?In any case, have fun with your vivarium full of newts.