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hey all i am relativley new to axolotls i got my first (a golden albino that my 2 year old nephew has named nemo) about 3 month ago glad to say he is very healthy. i got my second (a white albino named chelsy) 2 weeks ago and after the first week of them being together nemo decided to bite chelsys arm. i have seperated the 2 of them and now chelsy is regrowing her arm. i would like to know if i should give up on the hope of these 2 having babies and keep them seperated or if there is still hope of these 2 doing the "axolotl nasty" please help!!!

any help would be appreciated
 
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Hi Gato,

Are your axies roughly the same size?If not, you will need to separate them as the bigger one will probably bully the smaller one. Though axies of the same size will fight on occasion so perhaps keep them separated until Chelsey's arm grows back and give it another shot? How old are your axies?

Edit: forgot to ask, when did the biting happen? Axies will often bite at anything that moves so if it happened during feeding time, perhaps separate the two so there is no chance one will mistake the other for food.
 
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they are roughly the same size and both are juvies. i think i will give it another shot when her arm is right again thanks sarah i appreciate your reply
 
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Hello Gato,

Axolotls are not aggresive animals, so to speak. One of the main reasons as to why they attack each other is a matter of space. If axolotls are housed in confined space, they are more likely to bite each other. What is the size of your tank? As a general rule of thumb, you will need at least 1 foot per axolotl.

It's good that you separated the axolotls. You should keep on a close eye Chelsy's arm because should it start to develop fungus, you will have resort to a salt bath treatment. Could you post a photo of the damaged limb?

Jay.
 
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thanks jay i am on the hunt for an affordable larger tank as my first suspicion might have been the size of tank which might have been too small. cant send pics at the moment as my laptop is on the outer if you know of anywhere that i might find an affordable large aquariam please let me know
thanks for your help jay
 
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Hi, I have two axies in a four foot aquarium ie they have lots of space, about 4 hides and they've still managed to do each other some damage in the last few weeks. One got his tail bitten, and I noticed a few days ago the other had a superficial injury on one leg. I make sure to feed them well away from each other to try and avoid any "food confusion", but accidents can still happen. Anything that moves quickly can be mistaken for food, even if it is another axolotl :rolleyes:.
 
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