No Gills! Please help!

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This is my first post to the site...I noticed that my baby dinosaur has lost his gills. I've been trying to research it and i can't find anything that relates to no external gills. What do I do?
 
Are you sure it was an axie?

It could be a salamander or newt and morphed, put some floating cork or a land piece and see if he climbs on to it.
 
When i first got him around Christmas this year, he had the feathery gills. I thought it was strange that he no longer had them...but i was sure that he was an axolotl. What do you mean he could have morphed? How would I know if he had done that?
 
He does like to be out of the water. He doesn't seem to mind me holding him, and if the water is too high, he tries to get out of it. I put the land area in there, but he hasn't climbed onto it yet.
 
Well salamanders start off with gills then begin to morph and lose them as they age, so try lowering the water and giving him some land, if he goes to the land, he is most likely turning into a salamander or newt, so take some pictures.

Most likely it is a Tiger Salamander as those are the most common.

But take some pictures :D
 
If you got a "baby dinosaur" it is most certainly NOT an axolotl. It is probably a large larva of a Tiger salamander which is now undergoing metamorphosis. As soon as it loses it's gills it will become fully terrestrial.

This care sheet should explain many things for you, read it well, and if you have any more questions, feel free to post- http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Ambystoma/A_tigrinum.shtml

Good Luck!
 
That webpage really helped! I think you are right and it is definitely a salamander. That would explain why he likes to be out of the water more. I am so glad! I thought i was killing him! Thank you!:D
 
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