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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
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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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