Photo: New babies are here

dragonlady · May 19, 2010

Hi all,

I have just acquired two babies from kimko86 and of course, have to show them off! Meet my new albino, Khonsu; and my new little wild, Mextli! Khonsu is associated with the moon in ancient Egyptian mythology and Mextli is an ancient Aztec God of war and storms. (Hey, Tom, just used another of your name suggestions!

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I am happy to report that both have already sampled their first live worms (pieces of red wiggler) and are currently exploring their new home. Thanks for looking!

kimko86 · May 19, 2010

Ah, I am so excited to see that they made it to you safe and sound and that they are doing great. I know they are in a good home, and I hope to see pictures of them in the future.

Kim

Shizeric · May 19, 2010

How many Axolotls is that total now Shannon?

tomkeogh · May 19, 2010

you must have at least 10 now shannon, this time next year you might have 1000 egg's!
I am so jealous with my measly 3!

symital · May 19, 2010

adorable O.O

Bellabelloo · May 19, 2010

Shannon is now an official axolotl addict..:happy:

dragonlady · May 19, 2010

@kim - your babies did in fact make it safe and sound. You did an outstanding job of packing them - Thank you. Yes, I assure you, they will be very spoiled here!

@Eric - The grand total is 11. These 2 happened when I left my husband unattended on the internet! The little wild is supposed to be his. lol I think it's time for you to add some more - I don't think you have a melanoid in your mix yet?!

@tom - You have no excuse, you know how to build your own tank!! :wacko:

@symital - thank you, I don't think I've seen yours yet though...

@bellabelloo - I passed addict about 4 axolotls ago, I'm officially an axoholic!!

Shizeric · May 19, 2010

Yeah, I have 5....3 golden, 1 wild type, and 1 albino...no melanoid yet..but don't put any crazy ideas in my head!

dragonlady · May 19, 2010

Shizeric said:
Yeah, I have 5....3 golden, 1 wild type, and 1 albino...no melanoid yet..but don't put any crazy ideas in my head!

heehee hmmmm...no leucistic either....GFP....:lol:

lea · May 19, 2010

they are beautiful.............well done..........how do you find the time????
lea

dragonlady · May 19, 2010

Hi Lea,

Thanks! As far as time, I have a pretty good system worked out - pretty unusual for me as I'm usually not very organized! I feed everybody, then I vacuum all the tanks and then refill all at the same time. Kids help with the other pets. Nothing like free labor - heehee.

Shizeric · May 20, 2010

How many tanks do you have currently set up?

wendyatk · May 20, 2010

They are lovely Shannon. They will be well looked after and spoiled i am sure. You past the point of axolotl addict I think lol.

dragonlady · May 20, 2010

@Eric: I actually have 11 aquatic and 6 terrestrial. 3 are axolotl tanks right now. I do have plans for others being converted.

Thanks, Wendy. I'm in complete agreement with you! lol

Shizeric · May 20, 2010

17 Fish Tanks? GOOD LORD!

Mac Myers · May 20, 2010

Shizeric said:
17 Fish Tanks? GOOD LORD!

Heheh.... really! I though I was out of control with 8 dart frog tanks. Wife was a bit cranky and they were all 10 gallon. You live in a warehouse or something?

tomkeogh · May 20, 2010

Shannon, you sound like super mum! how on earth can you handle 17tanks and kids and cats and dogs, do you have a couple horses lying about? maybe a polar bear!

dragonlady · May 20, 2010

@Eric - you make that sound like it's a lot!!! lol

@Mac - See, this is what happens when one animal lover marries another animal lover! No, not a warehouse - good thing!!! - that would just mean more room for tanks!!

@Tom - Now wait a minute, who started the vicious false rumor that I have cats?! And who told you about the Polar Bear?! Man, you can't trust anybody to keep a secret around here...lol

tomkeogh · May 20, 2010

Sorry I just assumed you would be a cat person too, I always associate Egypt with cats(I have no idea why) and you like Egyption names, I'm sure you mentioned more animals to me a while back, rabbit's perhaps?
Can you clarify which axie's live together? your situation confuses me you seem to have 2-3 sets of 'babies'

dragonlady · May 20, 2010

Hi Tom,

I hadn't even thought about that.

Yes, cats were very prominent in ancient Egypt. They were considered sacred. I don't quite feel the same way about them...

Okay, as for tanks. In my 55 gallon, I have Sphynx (adult wild), Nefertiti (adult gold), Anubis (sub-adult GFP melanoid), Cuaxolotl (sub-adult GFP wild), and Atlaua (sub-adult leucistic). Yes, it is slightly overcrowded but everybody is getting along fine. (My original 2 adults and the axies I got from Michael Shrom)

In a 29, I have the juveniles whom I acquired as babies, Imotep (wild), Horus (leucistic), and Isis (leucistic). Thread: The babies, well they were babies!

In the other 29, I have the babies I just got from Kim, and Osiris (gold) who despite being a juvenile, is still about the size of the newly acquired babies. Osiris had his growth stunted due to a "holiday" in the fridge.

As soon as I am off crutches, I will be prepping another 55 for them that is currently housing turtles. I plan on moving them outside, or rather, motivating the husband to move them outside.

If I fail to do that, I have a 55 that needs to be resealed that I will set up instead. I've resealed this thing once already and it's still got a slow leak in one corner, oh well, I'll get it!

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