Blue Spotted
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Lately I've been looking at pictures of mud puppies and I kinda rgeet getting an axolotl because mud puppies look much cooloer. So can you tell me some things to get me back
into axolotls ?
into axolotls ?
Lately I've been looking at pictures of mud puppies and I kinda rgeet getting an axolotl because mud puppies look much cooloer. So can you tell me some things to get me back
into axolotls ?
Probably the wrong forum to ask, it being an entire forum dedicated to axies...
Ahem...not true!
Mudpuppies (Necturus spp.) are fascinating creatures, but unfortunately nearly all available animals are wild-caught. That´s a market that any responsible caudate keeper should not wish to perpetuate.
Personally, i think Necturus are far more interesting than the domesticated axolotls, but it´s kind of pointless since it´s obviously a very subjective matter.
I do agree, though, that if you are getting bored of your axolotl, you shouldn´t be thinking about Necturus...
I stand corrected, I did say probably
Personally, i think Necturus are far more interesting than the domesticated axolotls, but it´s kind of pointless since it´s obviously a very subjective matter.
1) Axolotls are cute and much easier to get information and help with.
2) Axolotls are one of the only animals to be sexually mature and remain in a neonatal stage for their entire lives.
3) Axolotls are endangered and by keeping them you are ensuring breeding stock.
4) You are saving an animal that might otherwise have gone to an owner that wasn't sure how best to care for them.
5) They have super cool external gills!
6) They nibble your hand and chase you when you clean their tank.
7) They GENUINELY recognise their owners.
8) They yawn in the cutest way possible!
9) They come in so many beautiful colours.
10) The pot luck of raising one only to find it wasn't the colour, gender or even size you expected, but love!
11) They're not that common so people are usually very interested in them.
12)You can watch them for HOURS.
13) Fab people on Caudata.
14) The axolotl song.
15) Sweet axolotl pictures...
Need I go on!
I try not to take endangered species out of the wild. However, I do not like buying from pet shops. Too much abuse there. The only wild caught animals I have ever had were American Toads, which are very common. I have one right now, and she is the greatest pet ever! And I used to have a couple blue spotted salamanders which aren't endangered in Illinois. In some other states, however, they are.but i would encourage you to not take animals from the wild to satisfy your whim. It´s not doing wild populations any favours...and as animal enthusiasts i would think that should be our primary concern.
Yes, there you are. They are more available colour morphs in axolotls - is this because they breed more easily in captivity? Would I be right in thinking you can get colour morphs in most species?
Like Axolotls, Mudpuppies retain their external gills into adulthood and are fully aquatic for life.
It is more responsible, especially if you're a casual pet owner without much experience of various amphibians to keep axolotls are pets because they are more readily captive-bred. Maintenance may also be more straightforward/there be more literature to follow to keep them happy and healthy.
They are gorgeous looking animals, but that alone can't really justify keeping one captive just as a pet, I don't think.
So do Necturus, and this is not quite as rare as you make it sound. Both facultative and obligate neoteny are widely found among caudates.2) Axolotls are one of the only animals to be sexually mature and remain in a neonatal stage for their entire lives.
No, you are not, sorry. Captive axolotls are a domesticated population with an artificial introgression with A.mavortium/tigrinum and many derived genes. They have absolutely no value for wild populations just like dogs have no value for wild, wolf populations.3) Axolotls are endangered and by keeping them you are ensuring breeding stock.
Again, not exclusive of axolotls in any way. This happens with any species.7) They GENUINELY recognise their owners.
Very highly disputable, plus those beautiful colours, come with consequences that are almost never taken into account.9) They come in so many beautiful colours.