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Abundance of Axolotls in Illinois, USA

smaxolotl

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Hi, everyone! I've been a reader around here for a little while and figured it was about time to participate.

I currently have an adult pair of axolotls (black melanoid M, leucistic F) and I've been rearing some of their hatchlings that are about 18 weeks old now and range in size from 8 to 15cm. They are roughly half wild type and half melanoid.

I also have a subadult golden albino that I'll probably try breeding once I can determine its sex.

I am very interested in shipping off as many of the young ones as I can--I expect I'll post over in the for sale section for that. I'm located in mid-Illinois. I take a lot of pictures and document growth and cuteness, etc. with the same screen name here but on tumblr.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you all :)
-Smax
 

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  • Shane douglas:
    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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  • Thorninmyside:
    Not necessarily but if you’re wanting to continue to grow your breeding capacity then yes. Breeding axolotls isn’t a cheap hobby nor is it a get rich quick scheme. It costs a lot of money and time and deditcation
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    @Thorninmyside, I Lauren chen
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