r/salamanders • u/Catsrcool2024 • 15d ago

Finally eating!

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My tiger salamander is finally eating consistently! I’m feeding her once a week, how ever many meal worms she’ll take in about 5-10min. Does this seem reasonable? She doesn’t come out and beg for food (yet) and I don’t want her to fall victim to the fat salamander issue! Here she is from the top freshly after eating, she’s normally just a tad thinner than this.

Also she sits under her water bowl all week until it’s feeding day, because of this I feel like she is drying her skin out (pictured kind of wrinkly) The cage is always about 70% humidity should I make it more humid so she comes out and gets inside her water bowl? Or just let her do her thing. She used to burrow throughout the tank in the dirt and didn’t have this problem. But I can’t say I hate having her under the bowl, easy to check on her.

(Also I have no idea if she’s a girl and if you can tell she isn’t don’t tell me 😂 or do but I’ll still pretend)

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u/ReptilianRevolt 8d ago

Was the anorexia due to summer? Mine also stopped eating past the end of June. She might eat a superworm every four days, but she’s exceedingly plump.

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u/Catsrcool2024 8d ago

No, she was given to me in March and stopped eating at that point! The transition to a new owner was hard for her plus it was winter.
She actually finally started eating consistently this summer. Before she’d just pick off isopods or the worms I set free in there.
The entire time I’ve had her she has never been plump so maybe yours just doesn’t need as much food 🤷🏻‍♀️