I saw an amazing fire salamander at my local pet shop... are fire sals good to keep?

[TheToad888]

I saw a fire salamander at my local pet shop- it looked amazing and i have been preparing to get a fairly large salamander, but, are they any good to keep? Are they easy to care for? And, finally would you recommend them?
Thanks if you could help

[Ben W]

i have 50 is that recommendation enough!!!

They need to be kept below 20 c though, other than that i think they are no problem


Ben

[TheToad888]

Oh... I just read that they're poison (Poison?) could kill a human or risk a humans life...

[Ben W]

why you going to eat it?!!!!!
Sure they are poisonous but then are most toads.

You just need to wash your hands before anmd after you handle them, if you feel you really need to handle them, nothing has ever happened to me


Ben

[TheToad888]

Are they very poisonous?

[Ben W]

Depends on your definitions of very poisonous, i wouldnt really worry myself, its for defence, not attack ,which is why they are the colours they are.
Not a problem as far as im concerned

[TheToad888]

I hope. I'll talk to the pet shop guys about it. Hope i get it, it was brilliant! And hardly anywhere near me sell Tiger salamanders i might get it. I will be patient, though because i'm looking mainly for tiger salamanders.

[Ben W]

yes i have a pair of tigers, but fires are my real passion.
Ben

[sean k]

well i have 10 fire sals and im getting 25 more in a few months to go in my outdoor enclosures, and i would say they are great. i also have 5 adult tiger sals these are really amazing but they are harder to obtain. but i would say you would be making a good choice with getting one...

[spend_day]

right fire salamanders do have skin toxins but there are, 0 (thats none, nill, zero) recorded human deaths from fire salamander poisoning (there has only been 1 recorded caudata death and that involved a rough skinned newt and a coffee pot), hell at one time they were used to make a type of brandy (which u can still buy but only very small amounts are made , its suppose to help me in the bedroom lol) even if you ate a fire salamander you would have sever stomach craps, vomiting, diarherria, stuff like that and you would probably need to go to hospital to get rehydrated and maybe at most a stomach pump but thats of you ate the salamander itself for day to day stuff wash your hands after doing salamanader stuff (which u should do anyway) and everything should be fine