snootyfox
New member
Hey Guys,
Just wondered if you could spare me a couple of mins to let me know your thoughts on something.
I'd like to set up a thread on here to create a bit of a network for caudate owners near to where we live. It's useful for to know that there is someone not far who can take in our axies and andersonis, should we need to go away for a week or so, and in return do the same, creating a shared tank space where axies can always get the care that they need.
This idea came recently as we decided to stay home for Christmas. Our friend had offered to look after the axies so we could go away but she does not have the experience to look after them (maintain husbandry, feed them all their specific foods, take care to wash hands thoroughly before putting them in the tank etc) so we had considered fridging them all until we returned. Then we realised their water would need changing every day.
We are not comfortable with the idea of a pet sitter in our house, or people we don't know being aware of our absence.
We don't even know of a boarding service for axies. Certainly we would not have our babies returned to the terrible myriad pet stores we obtained them from.
Thus we thought if we knew more people in our area with axolotls then we could bring the axies over to stay in the 'sitter's fridge, knowing that they would be fed and changed by experienced axie owners. I think adding them to existing tanks rather than fridging could stress them, and introduce them to unusual water conditions, but it's a thought. We always keep a tank cycled and monitored in the case of squabbles in the pack It also creates a nice local network of knowledge and owners - say one of our sitters had run completely out of live foods over a bank holiday weekend. We can share our worms and guppies and there will always be a cup of dechorinator to borrow
Does this sound appealing to anyone? Could we make it a separate topic or sticky if there's enough interest?
I'm happy to start off - I live in central London and currently only keep axies and andersonis. Would idealy like to meet same as I'm not familiar with other species but I'm keen to learn just in case
Please reply to this thread rather than inbox me initally - I want all (if any!) interest to be on display so we can try to encourage others to do the same and try and grow the local networks within caudata.org!!
Let me know your thoughts - if it's a terrible idea, I'll shut up
x Charlie
Just wondered if you could spare me a couple of mins to let me know your thoughts on something.
I'd like to set up a thread on here to create a bit of a network for caudate owners near to where we live. It's useful for to know that there is someone not far who can take in our axies and andersonis, should we need to go away for a week or so, and in return do the same, creating a shared tank space where axies can always get the care that they need.
This idea came recently as we decided to stay home for Christmas. Our friend had offered to look after the axies so we could go away but she does not have the experience to look after them (maintain husbandry, feed them all their specific foods, take care to wash hands thoroughly before putting them in the tank etc) so we had considered fridging them all until we returned. Then we realised their water would need changing every day.
We are not comfortable with the idea of a pet sitter in our house, or people we don't know being aware of our absence.
We don't even know of a boarding service for axies. Certainly we would not have our babies returned to the terrible myriad pet stores we obtained them from.
Thus we thought if we knew more people in our area with axolotls then we could bring the axies over to stay in the 'sitter's fridge, knowing that they would be fed and changed by experienced axie owners. I think adding them to existing tanks rather than fridging could stress them, and introduce them to unusual water conditions, but it's a thought. We always keep a tank cycled and monitored in the case of squabbles in the pack It also creates a nice local network of knowledge and owners - say one of our sitters had run completely out of live foods over a bank holiday weekend. We can share our worms and guppies and there will always be a cup of dechorinator to borrow
Does this sound appealing to anyone? Could we make it a separate topic or sticky if there's enough interest?
I'm happy to start off - I live in central London and currently only keep axies and andersonis. Would idealy like to meet same as I'm not familiar with other species but I'm keen to learn just in case
Please reply to this thread rather than inbox me initally - I want all (if any!) interest to be on display so we can try to encourage others to do the same and try and grow the local networks within caudata.org!!
Let me know your thoughts - if it's a terrible idea, I'll shut up
x Charlie