What food does a pet orange salamander need?
We share our country with 135 different salamanders, but as a rule we have to search for them. Some of them never leave the waters of our streams and ponds, and the rest of them stay in the shelter of small holes where the air is damp and shady. Many of our salamanders make pretty pets, but we must go out hunting to find the foods they need. Around albany there are at least five different orange or almost orange colored salamanders. Any one of them would make a pretty pet. He will need a special home called a terrarium, and, of course, you will want to keep it clean and tidy for him. The little fellow eats meat, live meat from the world of insects. You find his food outdoors in the garden or along the weedy wayside, in the woods or among the moist plants that border a stream or pond. He will eat many different insects and also their eggs and their wormy grubs. He is used to the bugs that live near his home in the wilds where you found him. You may have to let him sample several differe
