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HI
I have found salamanders crawling across the ice in my yard almost every
winter. I take them to the nearest log and dig under the snow , set
them down and away they go. No idea if they survive but they crawl into
the hole on their own. I have a very woody yard so a fallen log is
usually close by. Also the ones I find are usually the blue spotted. So
pretty but in the winter very dark skinned.
Virginia Redden
Port Howe
A spark burns down the forest - Ovambo Namibia
Fred Schueler wrote:
> On 12/24/2013 11:07 AM, Bob Haimes wrote:
>> I need advice from an amphibian expert. I went out to my car this
>> morning and much
>> to my surprise there was a salamander (Black with yellow spots) walking
>> across my
>> iced over driveway. Am looking for advice on what is best to get him
>> through the
>> winter. Either where to release or someone who can house it until
>> spring. Willing
>> to set up something in my home if I knew what to do.
>> Willing to give phone number to anyone who can help.
>
> * I think the best thing to do would be to put it in a gallon jar with
> some forest leaf litter and leafmould, and keep it in the fridge,
> allowing some air cirulation through screening or holes in the lid,
> but being very careful that it stays moist - with a mm of liquid water
> at the bottom of the jar. Then release it in the spring, as soon as
> the snow is gone, under a log in the woods nearest to where you found
> it. It's a Yellow-spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum.
>
> fred.
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> Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
> Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
> RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
> on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
> (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/
> The 2014 Bishops Mills Calendar Festival:
> Fred:
> http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.ca/2013/12/the-fred-calendar-for-2014.html
> - data input
> Aleta: http://www.lulu.com/content/14204755 - paintings
> Jennifer:
> http://www.zazzle.com/free_range_wall_calendar-158319768903951661 -
> free ranging livestock
> Rory: [watch this space for the revolutionary calendar]
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<font face="Candara">HI<br>
I have found salamanders crawling across the ice in my yard almost
every winter. I take them to the nearest log and dig under the snow ,
set them down and away they go. No idea if they survive but they crawl
into the hole on their own. I have a very woody yard so a fallen log
is usually close by. Also the ones I find are usually the blue spotted.
So pretty but in the winter very dark skinned.<br>
Virginia Redden<br>
Port Howe<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="100">A spark burns down the forest - Ovambo Namibia</pre>
<br>
<br>
Fred Schueler wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:52B9DFF3.5010108@istar.ca" type="cite">On
12/24/2013 11:07 AM, Bob Haimes wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">I need advice from an amphibian expert. I
went out to my car this
<br>
morning and much
<br>
to my surprise there was a salamander (Black with yellow spots) walking
<br>
across my
<br>
iced over driveway. Am looking for advice on what is best to get him
<br>
through the
<br>
winter. Either where to release or someone who can house it until
<br>
spring. Willing
<br>
to set up something in my home if I knew what to do.
<br>
Willing to give phone number to anyone who can help.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
* I think the best thing to do would be to put it in a gallon jar with
some forest leaf litter and leafmould, and keep it in the fridge,
allowing some air cirulation through screening or holes in the lid, but
being very careful that it stays moist - with a mm of liquid water at
the bottom of the jar. Then release it in the spring, as soon as the
snow is gone, under a log in the woods nearest to where you found it.
It's a Yellow-spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum.
<br>
<br>
fred.
<br>
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<br>
Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
<br>
Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
<br>
Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
<br>
RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
<br>
on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
<br>
(613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/
<br>
The 2014 Bishops Mills Calendar Festival:
<br>
Fred:
http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.ca/2013/12/the-fred-calendar-for-2014.html
- data input
<br>
Aleta: http://www.lulu.com/content/14204755 - paintings
<br>
Jennifer:
http://www.zazzle.com/free_range_wall_calendar-158319768903951661 -
free ranging livestock
<br>
Rory: [watch this space for the revolutionary calendar]
<br>
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