Lets Meet The Axolotl Owners!

[Jenste]

I thought it was a good idea to meet those on this thread who keep axolotls.

It is a very small sub-sect of aquatic amphibians and it would be great to have a list of those who do keep them so we can help new members who come along and are interested!

Please post your stock, how long you have had them, the area you are from, if you have bred...etc.
Pictures are wonderful too!



Here are my current two - a female wildtype and a male golden albino
I have had the wildtype under 1 year and the golden albino for under a month.
I am from the USA, Rhode Island.
I have not yet bred...keyword is "yet" - hopefully!!!

Here is the Wildtype female named "Reese" (You can tell she is not a melanoid due to the shiny iris (circle around the pupil) )

Here is my Golden Albino male named "Butters"

And this is the young Leucistic named "Jellybean" that I had owned in the past.

I hopefully will be getting an albino axolotl

 

[blinky000]

I one or two... First the oldies. They're about 8 or 9 now and I've had them since they were tiny. This is Advocaat:

Bailey:

And Lou:

Advocaat and Lou's baby, Jackie. Here she is standing on her daughter, Lola's head. Jackie's about 6 and Lola's 4:

Tripod is Lola's sister (named because she only ever grew 3 legs):

And here's Timmy. He was named after a South Park character because he has a deformed leg that points to the sky for some reason lol. He's about 2:

And my lovely Lucie, the friendliest axolotl I've ever known. She has a skin disorder that no-one really knows what it is. She's always had it and it doesn't bother her. We just call her unique

...and I have 3 babies that are about 3 months old. And two more that are 9 months old that my dad has adopted. The boys and girls are living separately now because I can't cope with any more babies. 5 generations is more than enough for now

 

[Jenste]

Aw I love them!

Especially the name Timmy from South Park. My golden albino is named Butters after South Park too!

 

[blinky000]

Lol brilliant! How old are your guys and girls? If you need any help with breeding, let me know and I'll be happy to give you a hand. Here's a link to my site in the meantime. There's a section about genetics there too, if you need it

http/www.aquariumoddities.com/axolotls/breeding/

 

[Jenste]

I would love to try breeding them once the are a bit older. I will definitely pick your brains for tips when the time comes! I have experience breeding and rearing African clawed frogs but the axolotls will definitely be a change!

My female will be a year old in Jan, my male will be a year old in March.