Taliangensis advice

obrowell · Jun 2, 2012

I've just taken on one of these and am after some advice.

It is looking a little skinny, although apart from that it looks great. It seems alert (if a little wary/shy) and moving freely.

I currently have it on damp paper towels with bark hides and a large water bowl. As far as I can tell it is yet to feed and whilst it has only been two days I am keen to know that the quarantine setup I have for it at the moment is suitable or do I need to make it more of a 50/50 setup? The room temperature hovers about 20/21 celcius.

My main concern is to get it feeding. I've left a few waxworms and small earthworms in there, but as I said they all seem to be there. Could it be a case of it settling in?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

mr cyclone · Jun 2, 2012

they are really shy if he is skinny keep him cool ,like you are doing untill he puts on a bit of weight they are very shy and prone to stress initially,especially sores.Im assuming he is WC. I have 2 on the way to me for another go.they do like a semi aquatic setup .Ummi has a thread on here called lucky taliangensis and me,he has had good luck with them

kay · Jun 2, 2012

Since it's only been two days, I'd say it's a bit too early to panic about it not eating just yet. My advice to you is to keep the set-up with a water dish, and make sure there is tons of cover for it to hide. I noticed with my two Kwiechowensis and Shanjing that the first week or so they are very shy and need that space to calm down and relax. Another thing I noticed is that all four love to be fed using the tweezers method, dangling the food above their head. So maybe for your guy, try and dangle the food above its hide, making sure that your make as little movement as possible.

Good luck,
Kay.

peter5930 · Jun 2, 2012

I'll repeat the advice I gave in PM here for the benefit of anyone who reads it:

I like to give new animals the choice of land or water and then adjust their habitat depending on how aquatic or terrestrial they choose to be, unless they're a 'will drown' species like opacum. This is how I've done the kweichow tank: http://www.caudata.org/forum/members/peter5930-albums-kweichowensis-tank.html

Some people use waxworms for fattening up skinny animals, but I prefer to use earthworms, since they have a better nutritional balance and supply plenty of protein to help the animal build itself back up rather than just put on fat. If it's very, very skinny, give it a fairly small worm to start with; some species that are adapted to infrequent meals, like snakes, will expend considerable energy reserves in growing their intestine to absorb the nutrients from a large meal, so if it's reserves are very low, trying to take on a giant lob could finish it off. Even in humans, a large meal can be fatal after a period of starvation.

ummi · Jun 3, 2012

AW: Re: Taliangensis advice

They love it when it's warm, part of the enclosure temporary sunlit. The largest female measuring 25cm(9,84 inches); at the water's edge you can see the tilt of the basin. The countrypart is covered because the birds, I once watched as birds ate the crickets.
Worms and maggots are eaten like,

loga · Jun 4, 2012

Re: AW: Re: Taliangensis advice

ummi said:
They love it when it's warm, part of the enclosure temporary sunlit. The largest female measuring 25cm(9,84 inches); at the water's edge you can see the tilt of the basin. The countrypart is covered because the birds, I once watched as birds ate the crickets.
Worms and maggots are eaten like,

I noticed that there is a larva in your tank,is that the Taliang's juvenile? Taliang's breeding is rarely seen around me since I begin to keep tylotos.Great job

ummi · Jun 5, 2012

AW: Re: AW: Re: Taliangensis advice

The larvae are 2011 that have overwintered in the basement. Now I'm waiting back on eggs,

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