Are golden axolotls rarer than wild type or albinos?

Shizeric · Jan 19, 2010

Seems they are hard to find, everyone always talks about having wild type or albino eggs for sale, but never gold. I would like to find one, so it's disappointing to never come across them. Any information regarding the situation would be fantastic!

GemzD26 · Jan 19, 2010

Hi,

They are more common than what they were 20 years ago,but i agree still pretty rare i ended up traveling 90 miles to get mine,and when i got there was not in great condition but between traveling to get her i took her anyway.

Breeders and pet shops tend to have pink lecustics/ albinos in as they are more "attactive to potential buyers" i should know ive got 4 lol.

Mabey you could put out a wanted add on this according to the country you live.

Someone might be able to offer you one.

Best of luck.

jclee · Jan 19, 2010

I remember that, when I got my axolotls, it seemed like the first few places I tried had lots of goldens and not much else. I didn't really want a golden, so it took me a bit of looking to find a leucistic. (Shout out to Michael Shromm, for hooking me up with beautiful, healthy axolotls.

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oceanblue · Jan 20, 2010

Axolotls which are just albino are golden, so it may be you have overlooked the eggs you are looking for! I get the impression that in europe leucistics and wild types are commoner than albinos, and albinos are a bit commoner in the US.

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