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Hello from Littleton, Colorado!

rdoren

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Hello to all:

I retired from teaching biology 5 years ago and am the proud owner of an axolotl named 'Nanou'. Nanou is a leucistic axolotl, and he's more than doubled in size since I got him 5 months ago. He/she is quite beautiful and I'll be posting a photo and video very soon.

I also own a Dumeril's boa named Fluffy, so my two unusual pets make for great conversation. I look forward to hearing from members of this group and learning much more about my wonderful pet.

Oh, I set up Nanou's tank with a single layer of 1/2" stones on the bottom, all except the front right corner. That corner of the tank is an area 4" square with no rocks at all, an area I call the 'food court'. I feed Nanou in this area (he moves to the food court when he's hungry). It's a lot easier to keep this bare glass area clean than to remove fouled food from the rocks. I use a clean turkey baster to remove old food. It works great!

Regards, Russ
 

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Yes, my stepson bought my wife and I one at the May exposition!

Russ
 

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I feed my axolotl food from this website: ED's Fly Meat Home

Nanou loves the food and has grown HUGE over the last few months! What food do you use?

Regards, Russ
 

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I feed them live earth worms from wall-mart its less of a mess and do you still clean the tank every 2 days like he said?
P.S Mine got big from the pellets wile thay lasted.
 
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    with axolotls would I basically have to keep buying and buying new axolotls to prevent inbred breeding which costs a lot of money??
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