I had my firebelly newt for 7 1/2 years so far, how long do they live?

I've never had any. I'm not sure how long they can live. Anyone else out there had them?

I just bought a book on reptiles and amphibians.It says they can live 15-25 years.I guess yours is still a youngster. : )

WOW :o

[B]very good infomation but i have had a newt for 20 years :P nearlly it actually 19 1/2.

what ever :unsure: :huh:

wow thats a long time for a newt!!!! pretty cool

I'm soon getting a fire belly newt! any tips on how to keep them living long&&happy?

I've never had one but I'm sure you can find a lot on the internet. I've had people ask about adding other animals with them but I don't think it's a good idea. I think they would enjoy eating live blackworms. Good luck!

I'm planning on getting a fire belly newt soon! After weeks of research this is their set up: 1-2 newts in a 10 gallon tank-2/3 water, a corner filter. For food: blood worms, tubifex worms, blackworms&newt pellets. No heater of any kind! They like cooler temperatures in the 60's to 74*f. Any higher then 75*f and they wouldn't be happy/comfortable/healthy. They're also poisonious to other animals, so i would only keep them with other newts of the same species.

We just established a fire-belly newt tank and they're great pets so far. We have a 20 gal tank, with a sloping, moss covered rock, and an undergravel filter. Three newts and two dwarf aquatic frogs. There was a guppy and a snail, both have mysteriously disappeared...but the frogs are OK and the independent pet store we purchased from said they can co-habitate. The first few days they hid and it was hard to see them, but now they just swim around or occasionally walk out onto the rock. The frogs were occasionally wedging themselves in the large gravel, but we've remedied that by changing the slope - and making sure we see them at least once a day.

I don't know if keeping the fire belly newts and the frogs together is a good idea. The fire belly newts are highly poisonous and might kill your frogs

The independent pet store we purchased them from told us they've always housed them together w/out problems. I was surprised to hear that, but so far so good. Now for that guppy, it's either bitten the dust or being very sneaky :P

Not to be a meanie, but also dwarf frogs and fire bellied newts have different heat needs. The dwarf frogs should have tropical, 75-82(f) and the newt shouldn't have above 74. Also, pet stores are quite often wrong.