MUDPUPPY?

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toehead11183

toehead11183

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a customer came in today describing a mudpuppy. a salamander with a doodad around its neck. she was asking me Q's that i could not answer. can someone help me?

1: what is it and how do you care for one?(basics)
2: do they prefer more land and little water or more water and little land?
3: she said it shed and lost the doodad that was around its neck. normal? will it grow back?
4: can she feed it mealworms, nightcrawlers, guppies, and other types of works dug out of the backyard?
5: any extra info is welcome.

Thanks
 
mudpuppies are fully aquatic and will not shed their gill things
so your customer was talking about a waterdog or something
you wont know the care unless you know what kind of salamander it is
 
they have no idea, they say they bought it from a guy at a local park. the vet told them they are illegan here. they have no idea what it is.
 
here is some info on mudpuppies. And depending on where you live determines if you can keep them legally. For most states as long as its not wild caught within the state its not illegal. same with lots of herps. For instance its illegal to catch and keep a common garter snake in Tennessee however not illegal if it was caught legally or bred in Kentucky and shipped to you although its the same exact snake, and vise versa if you live in KY and the snake comes from TN. as for Mudpuppies I have owned a few and still do. they are not from here however they were farmed in FL and sent to me. pic is one of mine out of water. (about 12" long) in water they gills are bright red and really amazing looking.

The Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) is a species of aquatic salamander found throughout the northeastern United States, and parts of Canada. Mudpuppies prefer shallow water with lots of places to hide, but have been found at depths of up to 90 feet. The mating season is late autumn however eggs are not laid until late spring when 50 to 100 eggs are deposited in a nest cavity under a rock or other object. It takes 1 to 2 months for the eggs to hatch and 4 to 6 years for the young to reach maturity. Mudpuppies may live for up to 20 years. The common mudpuppy is nocturnal, but can be active in the day in muddy or weed-choked waters. It is carnivorous and feeds on fish, fish eggs, crayfish, insects, and molluscs.

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They often get confused with axolotls but mudpuppies are completely different things.
 
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