mike
Active member
A friend reported one of his albino S.s.terrestris had died recently. This 7 cm juvenile was kept with it's siblings in a naturalistic setup, (soil substrate and moss), which was completely changed on a monthly basis. It had apparently succumbed to a bacterial septicaemia.
I have personally seen a newly metamorphosed albino, which "sported" a puffy throat, and consequently could not eat crickets, but happily fed on worms, as they "slide down easily". Is this a genetic abnormality, or possibly a liver/heart/kidney malfunction? (See recent postings in Axolotl Help). This individual is now in it's second year, but is a slow grower.
Could these two incidents just be bad luck? or are these animals prone to ill-health, due, possibly to there being too small a gene pool?
I have been told that all terrestris albinos originate from just one pair!
I have personally seen a newly metamorphosed albino, which "sported" a puffy throat, and consequently could not eat crickets, but happily fed on worms, as they "slide down easily". Is this a genetic abnormality, or possibly a liver/heart/kidney malfunction? (See recent postings in Axolotl Help). This individual is now in it's second year, but is a slow grower.
Could these two incidents just be bad luck? or are these animals prone to ill-health, due, possibly to there being too small a gene pool?
I have been told that all terrestris albinos originate from just one pair!