Any newt experts here?
 

Just found a common newt swimming round and round in the cat's water bowl
(outside).

I assumed that it had climbed in looking for a breeding pond and got
stuck, so I tipped it out onto a damp area of the deck.

However it hasn't moved since.

Online search suggests that newts are nocturnal, so I'm not sure if what
passes for daylight at the moment is a problem.

I'm sure we have handled newts many times when fettling garden ponds and
they have been active. Again that was in spring/summer/autumn when it was
a bit warmer. I'm wondering if it is too cold for the cold blooded animal
to move effectively.

Anyway I don't want to harm the poor little thing (assuming that just
tipping it out gently doesn't count as harm) but I also don't want to just
leave it cold and immobile.

Any recommendations? We don't have any kind of pond in the garden at the
moment.


Cheers



Dave R



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On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:55:06 +0000, David wrote:

Just found a common newt swimming round and round in the cat's water
bowl (outside).

I assumed that it had climbed in looking for a breeding pond and got
stuck, so I tipped it out onto a damp area of the deck.

However it hasn't moved since.

Online search suggests that newts are nocturnal, so I'm not sure if what
passes for daylight at the moment is a problem.

I'm sure we have handled newts many times when fettling garden ponds and
they have been active. Again that was in spring/summer/autumn when it
was a bit warmer. I'm wondering if it is too cold for the cold blooded
animal to move effectively.

Anyway I don't want to harm the poor little thing (assuming that just
tipping it out gently doesn't count as harm) but I also don't want to
just leave it cold and immobile.

Any recommendations? We don't have any kind of pond in the garden at the
moment.

Panic over (or at least much reduced).

It has moved, although not far, so I am assuming that all is well.

Or at least, as well as can be expected this time of year.

Next few days (and especially nights) are looking a bit chilly for
wandering newts.



Cheers


Dave R




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On 20/02/2018 13:20, David wrote:
It has moved, although not far, so I am assuming that all is well.

Put it somewhere the birds can't see it. Preferably sheltered from frost.

We had one in the lounge once. Scared the **** out of my wife, all she
could see was this thing slowly crawling towards here... she was OK once
identified.

Spring is on its way - we had a frog in our pond last weekend. I say had
- we know this because we saw a heron eat it :(

Andy