Hollystark
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I have two axolotls, in a 30 gal:
Mulder, 3 years old, male wildtype
Turanga, no idea on his/her age, biggish juvie, GFP wildtype with crazy mutant forked gills.
In fall 2016 I will be moving across the country, from Maryland to either New Mexico or Washington State. We will probably be driving at least one car cross country, shipping a lot of things, maybe moving in stages (there are three of us, three cars, a cat, a bird, some fish, and the two axies).
Mulder has already survived quarterly three-hour moves from my college, home and back for breaks and between semesters. As long as the AC is working, he seems utterly unpreturbed by life in a bucket in a car. I have yet to drive Turanga since I picked her up on a four hour drive. She wasn't in great shape then, but she's pretty robust now and she will be a big, fat adult by the time we move.
My question is: has anyone done a really long move with axolotls? Did you drive them, ship them, fly with them? If you shipped, what season, did they do alright, how did you package them so they got enough oxygen, etc?
Or is it really too much of a risk/should I be finding them new homes rather than kill them on a long trip?
Mulder, 3 years old, male wildtype
Turanga, no idea on his/her age, biggish juvie, GFP wildtype with crazy mutant forked gills.
In fall 2016 I will be moving across the country, from Maryland to either New Mexico or Washington State. We will probably be driving at least one car cross country, shipping a lot of things, maybe moving in stages (there are three of us, three cars, a cat, a bird, some fish, and the two axies).
Mulder has already survived quarterly three-hour moves from my college, home and back for breaks and between semesters. As long as the AC is working, he seems utterly unpreturbed by life in a bucket in a car. I have yet to drive Turanga since I picked her up on a four hour drive. She wasn't in great shape then, but she's pretty robust now and she will be a big, fat adult by the time we move.
My question is: has anyone done a really long move with axolotls? Did you drive them, ship them, fly with them? If you shipped, what season, did they do alright, how did you package them so they got enough oxygen, etc?
Or is it really too much of a risk/should I be finding them new homes rather than kill them on a long trip?