Some pics and videos of my first and only Axolotls :)

[CousinLarry]

Meet Hortense and Chewie!

I got these two about two months ago. They were freshly hatched from a local breeder I found on craigslist. I never had Axies before, so it was a shotgun learning experience. I got to hatching brine shrimp and fed them daily. Here's what they looked like the day I got them - about the size of a large grain of rice.. This pic is when I got them on January 14

Here is a video when they were eating baby brine shrimp:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNSG5tboQlg

And a couple more pics from February 16

These two pics are from March 3

And last I have a video from yesterday of them wrangling some black worms!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgkNLB6J5_U


That's where they're at now! To tell you the truth, I'm surprised they've made it this far!!! When I first got them and saw how big they were - I didn't think there was any way they'd make it. I am happy they did!!!!

Can't wait till they get a little bigger!

I have a lot of reading to do!

 

[NevermoreRoses]

The February 16th pictures are SO adorable I want to steal them >_<

 

[Smoxolotl]

Very cute. Might think about snipping the blackworms a tad

 

[CousinLarry]

They've gotten bigger! They seem to have no problems scarfing down a full grown black worm, so I will keep them on it.. I think it helps grow their muscles when they need to wrestle their dinner first! Hahahaa

Chewie eats noticeably more than Hortense. He's always got a fat brown belly. I try to stick worms right in Hortense's nose for him.

Good stuff.. Can't wait to see how they grow.

 

[CousinLarry]

More progress, getting much bigger! Chewie's back legs are almost fully in.. He is much more of a savage than Hortense is!! He eats like twice the amount of food...

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=ZXOuaeMPi9M[/URL]

 

[Painless Silver]

Awe I have to admit they sure are adorable. Thanks for sharing the vids of them eating. It's really fascinating to watch.

 

[CousinLarry]

Awe I have to admit they sure are adorable. Thanks for sharing the vids of them eating. It's really fascinating to watch.

I will take more vids!!!

Here's a picture from today. Chewy is getting big!!! He is very animated!

 

[CousinLarry]

Hortense died!!

I woke up this morning and he was dead. He was always a lot smaller than Chewie even though they were brothers. He barely ate too.. Maybe he was unhealthy to start?

Poor guy.

I gave Chewie a complete water change and fed him. He seems to be happy still.


RIP Hortense.