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#1514872
Hehoo
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Axolotl 
Has anyone here heard of an axolotl? I -REALLY- want one but am afraid it might be more responsibility than I’m ready for. Anyone had one?
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11/15/07 02:27pm
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#1514942
Animalgurl
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Message To: Hehoo In reference to Message Id: 1514872
 Axolotl
is it legal to own where u live since it is exotic
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11/15/07 04:06pm
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#1514982
Hehoo
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Message To: Animalgurl In reference to Message Id: 1514942
Axolotl
Really? I’ve seen them in pet stores ...
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11/15/07 04:49pm
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#1515208
Animalgurl
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Message To: Hehoo In reference to Message Id: 1514982
 Axolotl
I did not know because some states will not allow some exotics >................................. I am not saying they r illegal I was just asking if u can own them where u .live
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11/15/07 07:43pm
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#1515661
Reptileloversnake2
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Message To: Hehoo In reference to Message Id: 1514872
Axolotl
Aren’t axotls like salamanders? I google imaged it and it came up with some salamander things, get pics
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11/16/07 02:30am
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#1515752
Hehoo
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Message To: Reptileloversnake2 In reference to Message Id: 1515661
Axolotl
www.axolotl.org has pics of them. From what I’ve read, they aren’t illegal, and they are basically thought to be some sort of mutant tiger salamander type thing. I guess it remains in its larval form throughout its life and reaches sexual maturity in that stage. When treated with hormones, the axolotl will usually begin to metamorphose, and the outcome apparently looks a lot like a tiger salamander.
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11/16/07 07:01am
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#1515772
Reptileloversnake2
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Message To: Hehoo In reference to Message Id: 1515752
Axolotl
go to the amphibian forum
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11/16/07 07:37am
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#1515800
Devilsangel69
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Message To: Hehoo In reference to Message Id: 1514872
Axolotl
My dad has two of them that my mom and I drove for over an hour just to go get. We were actually looking for mud puppies, but appearantly they are really hard to find in Michigan (says the petstore). It isn’t an extremely hard animal to keep. You just have to maintain it’s habitat and feed it. We feed ours rosey minows because I have read that goldfish are way to fattening for a staple diet. They are really funny creatures though. I would recommend them. They are adorable. We have a leutistic (sp?) one and an albino one.
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11/16/07 08:16am
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#1516316
Hehoo
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Message To: Devilsangel69 In reference to Message Id: 1515800
Axolotl
I heard I need a chiller and a really big tank ... Mind you I live in California, not Michigan, so the water temp may be warmer on average ... I’m only guessing. Are they expensive or smelly? And can you handle them, like, pick them up? I’m guessing no on the handling ... Oh, also, do you know if they’re happier in pairs or alone or groups?
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11/16/07 06:33pm
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#1516319
Hehoo
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Message To: Devilsangel69 In reference to Message Id: 1515800
Axolotl
Also how long have you had them?
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11/16/07 06:35pm
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#1536161
Devilsangel69
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Message To: Hehoo In reference to Message Id: 1516316
Axolotl
You may need a chiller. The temp should be between 50 and 60 degrees F from what I have read.They werent that expensive, they were about $15 a piece. I don’t smell anything comming from them they live completely underwater. I don’t know if you are supposed to handle them, ours are just for viewing. They are happy anyway. As long as you have 10 gal per axolotl (what I have read). We have had ours a few months but we had an actual mud puppy for a few years back in Ohio up until we moved. You should use big rocks, bigger than their mouths. We learned this the hard way, we still have to change out the aquarium rocks for something bigger but we have to do it soon. They can and will swallow rocks during feeding and get impacted. This can be fatal. The more decor you have for them the better, they like to feel secure with places to hide.Any other questions and I will do my best to answer them.
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12/04/07 10:03pm
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#1563109
Lil mitch
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Message To: Devilsangel69 In reference to Message Id: 1536161
 Axolotl
hey everyone im usually on the skink forum
but decided to hop on this forum an axolotl
isnt that hard to gtet i have one it was originally
my sisters but she gave it to me for christmas
so i have an axolotl
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12/31/07 07:50pm
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#1563116
Lil mitch
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Message To: Devilsangel69 In reference to Message Id: 1536161
Axolotl
hey everyone im usually on the skink forum
but decided to hop on this forum an axolotl
isnt that hard to get i have one it was originally
my sisters but she gave it to me for christmas
so i have an axolotl
also im m in aussie if that helps
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12/31/07 07:52pm
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#1780025
Sasha0009
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Message To: Lil mitch In reference to Message Id: 1563116
 Axolotl
well axolotl is a type of anphibian so its in the same family as salamanders
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07/01/08 08:36pm
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#1873966
Deadvenom-x
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Message To: Sasha0009 In reference to Message Id: 1780025
Axolotl
lol they look mudpuppies =]
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10/03/08 03:53pm
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