My firebelly newt scrunches up by his rock all day and hardly moves. But he still eats. Is he sick? Help!
2007-02-03 04:39:52 · 3 answers · asked by brunette babe 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
If it's cold where you are and the rock is warm, the cage may be too cold for him.
2007-02-03 08:47:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he is eating then he should be fine. Do you have him housed with anything else? FBN secrete toxins from their skin as well as absorb so if you have anything else in the tank, I would remove it. We had our housed with 2 FBtoads and have now lost 1 FBT and our newt. It is winter and alot of animal hibernate. Do you have any basking light? They spent alot of their time on land basking.
2007-02-06 09:24:30 · answer #2 · answered by Beans 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he's fine. My newts don't move much either. A few times a day they prowl the perimeter of their aquarium, but other than that they're pretty stationary.
2007-02-03 21:31:33 · answer #3 · answered by Iwillnottellyou 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋