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Michigan Axolotl Owners

Dr0gr1n

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Just a fellow Michigan Axolotl owner looking for others in the Michigan area to network with. I started a group ( currently a lonely group of one) but didn't know if there were any other groups just for Michigan Axolotl Owners. Nothing against our neighbors in other states.
 

Kaysie

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Except those Ohioans. I have something against them. Ugh.

Just kidding. I've only got a Buckeye problem.
 

JessKB

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There certainly are a lot of us here. I think we're one of the better represented states on the forum.
 

JessKB

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Yeah, I'm from Ann Arbor Michigan :)

Hey Mycenaean I'm right down the road from you. Do you mind if I ask where you got your axolotls? If you got them from The Fish Doctors on Washtenaw, there's a good chance they were ones I bred.
 

Kaysie

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That's because of Michigan's dismal caudate diversity. We have to get our fix by coming on here.

Neotenic Jaymes, Scorpion, Urmat, my partner and I went herping the other day, and found a whopping 2 species of salamanders (redbacks and blue-spotted). When you add in frogs and snakes, we found like 5 species. Wooo! (where's that 'sarcasm' font when you need it?)
 

Mycenaean

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Hey Mycenaean I'm right down the road from you. Do you mind if I ask where you got your axolotls? If you got them from The Fish Doctors on Washtenaw, there's a good chance they were ones I bred.

I got mine from a science project back in high school. Now I'm going to school at UMich. They will be moved into my summer apartment soon! :)

Is there any way to sell back some of the axolotls to cover my costs? Let me know if you have any tips.
 

Skilly

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There are also shows in Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo!!!

:D

wooot wooot for Michiganders
 

Anorankh

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Also another Michigan Axolotl owner here from Grand Rapids. We *very* recently started getting Axis over here from a breeder at blue fish aquarium and VIP pets.
 

Hayden

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I'll be a Michigander for another 2 weeks! We should all meet up for dinner or something.
 

Dr0gr1n

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Anyone close to Mt. Pleasant. By close I mean 10-15 minutes. I have only seen one other person on here that was in close proximity to me.
 

Rainy222

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I am from MI too! :) I live in the middle of nowhere (Otisville) but I'm about 20 minutes from Flint, and an hour from Lansing.
 

Kaysie

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Aw Hayden! Sorry I didn't see your post earlier. I defected to North Dakota where I haven't had Internet since April, otherwise I would have organized something!
 

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new to axolotls and this site...just passing thru old forums and found this...i'm in gaylord mi....quite a distance from you all it seems...lol
 

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I know this thread is from a while ago, but if anyone's still looking, I'm in Grand Rapids and looking for a pet axolotl, any idea where to find one? (Stores, people selling them) I do have a VI Pets by my house, should I check it out?
 
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