Question: How many?

[loveaxolots]

hello everbody, i was just wondering that how many babies do axolotls lay on their first batch??? the reason for this post is i have some friends who are interested in axolotls now since they'd seen mine, so what im saying is i want to start breeding when my axolotls get old enough. my friends all agreed to help since my axolotls are doing the breeding.

[Caitie]

Heya, I've just had a first batch from Molly, who's just over a year old (Not intentional, but such is life), and she laid approx. 75-100 eggs. Of those, I've taken out around about 50, and then lost 15 post-hatching(expect to lose a few- it's sad, but they go to play in The Great Lakes). Currently I have 35, *touch wood*, which amounts to quite a bit of work every day with BBS, blackworms and java moss. What I found triggered Molls was the midwinter solstice, so the temp dropping, the slow, steady shortening of daylight (I have the tank in a non-heated room with natural light), and then the slight increase in light in the three days following.
A good thing to keep the babies in are large BPA free containers- here we can get them in 5 and 7 litres :)

[Kaysie]

They can lay anywhere from 100-1000.

[Caitie]

I dread a laying of 1000...I honestly don't think I could bring myself to cull any of them
Edit: Though leaving them in the tank when they're slightly out of reach, yes. Still felt bad about it...

[TheAxolotlWhisperer]

Originally Posted by Minniechild

I dread a laying of 1000...I honestly don't think I could bring myself to cull any of them
Edit: Though leaving them in the tank when they're slightly out of reach, yes. Still felt bad about it...

You could also try selling the eggs here on the site as well.

[Kaysie]

If you aren't capable of raising/selling/culling all of your offspring, you should rethink breeding. I see so many people get excited about breeding axies, only to then be stuck with 40 juveniles eating and pooping up a storm that they can't even give away. Trust me, I've been there!

[Caitie]

*nods* Wasn't an intentional breeding at all, so don't worry on that front :) And yeah, I've posted on here (But for free), a few have had offers of homes, a few are going to friends, one of the Melanoid Albinos is staying with me, and the rest I'll probably split between my LFS and the guy I got my original axie group off. And if I get caught with a thousand, that's what Dads are for :)