Yellow spotted salamander rescue

My friend uncovered a yeloow spotted salamander this weekend and his daughter brought it inside. It was hibernating, now its active again. I talked him out of puttin it back outside and am waiting for him to bring it over.

I have a ten gallon aquarium that was empty and now i have moss a small hide and a water dish and some fake plant cover in it. The salamander is small he said maybe a juvenile. My question is do i need any heat in the tank and what does the lil guy eat? Do i need more than one hide and do they require any uv light?

Thanks in advance normally i'd do a lil research but if he put it back outside it'd most likely not make it.

Alan

You may feed the salamander worms, as in earth worms, but if he is small chop them up to a appropriate size

Hey everyome so i got the lil fellow today and he is little. Like maybe two inches. ? Do i need to give em calcium supplement or anything. He seems happy right now and i was gonna get some worms tomorrow amd feed em.

He is a cute lil guy for sure.

Alan

Do you still have the guy?

No they dont need heat. They actually like it a bit cooler. they also like a substrate they can dig in, I use this block of stuff that I add water to. I feed mine red wigglers, earth worms and crickets. I do dust them with calcium powder every couple of feedings to make sure they are getting enough. When they are kept in captivity calcium deficiency is a problem. They dont need special lighting either, just ambient light.

I hope you will find a nice safe spot to release him come spring.