I think everyone should be really careful when they want to try and make money off of axolotls. Especially if you're going to try and do it on this website. I understand that axolotls breed like crazy and we want to give every egg the best fighting chance it has to be a full grown adult. However when asking price comes up, remind yourself that there are breeders on this website like Bette, who can get you pretty much any Axolotl you want and any sex with very good stable genes. She sells her axolotls for a very reasonable price and they are very high-quality. In my opinion if your axolotls don't have strong pure genes and don't have desired qualities like long gills, strong color and pattern etc, then your axolotls deserve to be sold cheaper. It should not be about making money, it's about you selling the eggs or juveniles so they aren't wasted or even die. Unless your a real axolotl breeder why charge more than others do? Anyone can hatch 100 leucistic/wildtype babies. What about a clutch of stable genetics from parents with long pure blood lines? Surely those offspring will not only look better and be healthier, but will truly be worth more because of the extra time and work it takes to produce and axolotl of such high quality. I hope this doesn't come off as a long rant, but I live in Olympia Washington and my local pet shop sells axolotls regularly. Lately however they haven't been able to keep them in stock, the local breeders have had a problem with inbreeding. It seems that everyone was getting axolotls from the same source and the inbreeding caught up with them and death rates went through the roof. Anyone buying axolotls should ask where they came from. Anyone selling axolotls should advertise what they're selling. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with inbred Axolotls or axolotls with a lot of recessive genes. Just don't charge top dollar for them.
