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(sorry about the tread title i don't know how to change it)
my name is Emilie I'm from the UK.
i have wanted an axolotl since i was like 4 i saw one on children s TV program, The Sooty Show. They were showing axolotls amongst other various animals from some zoo so i just assumed tht they weren't meant to be pets until recently i saw an ad in my local paper selling baby axolotls.
i was then hell bent on having one and did as much research as i could. i had also had my appendix removed at the same sort of time so i had a little project going to keep my occupied whilst getting better and i was so excited.
i bought a second hand tank 3ft long for £40 and its in great nick. I'm obsessed with purple so my chosen substrate for the tank is plum paddle stones which i got from a garden center. i thought this would be a good idea for an axie as I've heard they eat gravel and sand occasionally, also i figured it would be easier to clean as they are large stones and also safe as they have rounded edges.
i got some pink plastic plants as well which look really funky and for places to hide my axies have a plastic tree root and a large piece of slate supported by other large stones (couldn't find a cave big enough)
i originally had one axie to start with which i have called Ethel and then my mum bought a second one because she was worried it would get lonely.
i accidentally over fed Ethel wen i first had her because I'm an idiot but now i only feed them little bits at a time until they look full because they will just keep on eating
i love them very much they're the cutest things I've ever seen.
we haven't got a name for the other 1 yet although we keep calling it a he rather than an it.
(sorry about the tread title i don't know how to change it)
my name is Emilie I'm from the UK.
i have wanted an axolotl since i was like 4 i saw one on children s TV program, The Sooty Show. They were showing axolotls amongst other various animals from some zoo so i just assumed tht they weren't meant to be pets until recently i saw an ad in my local paper selling baby axolotls.
i was then hell bent on having one and did as much research as i could. i had also had my appendix removed at the same sort of time so i had a little project going to keep my occupied whilst getting better and i was so excited.
i bought a second hand tank 3ft long for £40 and its in great nick. I'm obsessed with purple so my chosen substrate for the tank is plum paddle stones which i got from a garden center. i thought this would be a good idea for an axie as I've heard they eat gravel and sand occasionally, also i figured it would be easier to clean as they are large stones and also safe as they have rounded edges.
i got some pink plastic plants as well which look really funky and for places to hide my axies have a plastic tree root and a large piece of slate supported by other large stones (couldn't find a cave big enough)
i originally had one axie to start with which i have called Ethel and then my mum bought a second one because she was worried it would get lonely.
i accidentally over fed Ethel wen i first had her because I'm an idiot but now i only feed them little bits at a time until they look full because they will just keep on eating
i love them very much they're the cutest things I've ever seen.
we haven't got a name for the other 1 yet although we keep calling it a he rather than an it.
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