Newts in my house! :)

[Catherine]

Now I am really wondering what kind of newts you have in your place.

That is a long walk for something with such tiny legs. They must leave the pond and keep traveling until they are ready to hibernate. As long as they are back near the water for breeding season they would be fine. I think they need to be near water. It is interesting how they lay one egg at a time and protect it. I would love to see a newly hatched newt. They must be very small.

I wonder if the normally winter near your place. Is there a log or pile of brush that they are using? It would be so incredible to know that they winter just outside your door.  Much classier that the squirrels in the attic that we tend to have in Toronto.