Axolotl are fighting?

[cpr153z]

i think thats a ridiculous example you've used there Kaysie.

Its not LIKE going and getting a girl pregnant.

I am a human, i dont mate axolotl, please do not take offence if you do mate with them.

Look, all i asked was a question. I just want a few peoples knowledge thats it, i guess your post was pointless as it didnt answer any questions of mine. So therefore it must indicate that you are no capable of answering the question.

The original question was "is there a way of knowing that the females are full of eggs?"

 

[mary]

The simple answer is NO!!!

No, there is no way to tell for sure if she is full of eggs or ready to breed.

 

[cpr153z]

ok cool, thanks again mary

 

[kaysie]

It IS like getting a chick pregnant. Are you prepared to take care of 200 babies?

I dont know what on EARTH you're talking about mating with your axolotls for, that really makes no sense. Are you 12 or something? You'd have to be quite young to think that's an insult. I havent said things like that since grade school.

Now leave your poor axies alone and let them breed when they're good and ready. I'm sure they'll know when they're ready a lot better than you'll know.

 

[dot]

CPR -

You've asked the same question in several different threads. I answered it in one of them, but here goes again:

Females are always "full of eggs." They retain them and produce them. Because of this, it's one way of deciphering between sexes, as females are generally more round due to egg retention. Just because she's producing eggs, it doesn't mean she's ready to breed.

Human females retain eggs, but that by no means is a signal that we're constantly ready, willing or able to have children.

And Kaysie is right -- once your axolotls breed, it's up to you to take care of them, as the adults surely won't. It would be exactly like if you got a human girl pregnant, only you would be the only parent taking care of over a hundred babies. It's a huge responsibility to take on if you want to breed your pets, because your pets already depend on you for basically everything to keep them alive. And breeding them "just to experience it" is not a good enough reason to bring 200 new lives into the world if you're not mature/responsible/ready enough to handle it.

Here are a few questions you need to be 100% able to answer confidently before attempting to proceed with breeding:
- Are you prepared to spend the money and time on daily water changes, aeration and housing for 100-200 larval axolotls?
- Do you have enough space to house larvae separately once they're about one week old and exhibit cannibalistic tendencies?
- Axolotl larvae are very susceptible to disease. Will you be able to handle an outbreak of illness and will you be able to treat it before it decimates your entire stock?
- Do you have enough space to separate the adults for several months after breeding to allow the females adequate time to recover?
- Will you be able to maintain the health of all the larvae until they're an adequate size to sell/give away? Would you also be able to house that many 2-3 inch axolotls?

These are a few things to consider thoroughly before attempting to force, or "stimulate" as you call it, your axolotls to breed. They'll do it when they're good and ready, though it may not necessarily be when you're good and ready.

A few months down the line, you may find that you're unable to handle all the axolotls you've currently got, let alone hundreds more.

It's a bad idea to go out and buy lots and lots of animals before you're really sure you'll be able to take care of all of them. You've got a lot of axolotls as it is ... do you really need more of them?

 

[mary]

Dot is right, you have more adults than any of us have. And you already have 14 babies - why dont you just "experience" them first? Then after you have done that sucessfull, breed the others.

 

[kaysie]

Not to mention, you FREAKED over high ammonia levels in an EMPTY tank. But then proceded to tell us that your water quality hasnt changed at all since you put in the axies. Anyone knows that water quality changes daily. My water today isnt the same as it was yesterday. thats why you have to test and do water changes.

Are you ready to change water in hundreds of little deli cups (as this is probably the best way to seperate larvae, unless you want them to eat each other)? I know I sure cant handle babies right now. 10 animals is plenty.

On top of that, you dont even know how to breed. You shouldnt be pushing for it so hard. You've posted repeatedly that you dont know what you're looking for, you should learn EVERYTHING there is to know about axolotls before you even think about breeding.

 

[kim]

Cpr153z, Please listern to people when they say WAIT!.. if you force your axies to breed they may get ill or even worse die.

Think of them first not just because you want to experiance it, thats just selfish!

 

[jesse]

ok every body chill out! Cpr153z, let them do it on their own. You cant shove spermatophores into the females cloaca. Let me put it this way, if i was dating a girl i wouldint try to breed with her right when i met her. Stuff like this takes time. My suggestion is putting a red light in the room, or dimming the light. play some soft music, like barry white or lionel richie, it all depends on what the female axo's like. Then, give the males little flowers and boxes of chocolates to gove the females. if possible get them to read poetry to the females. If that fails tell them to use cheassy pick up lines.

 

[mary]

Hey, listen, i did play the music and dim the lights - it was only after 3 months of this that I stopped - that's when they breed!!!! If it was only as easy as humans, then we'd all have little babies axi's running around eating us out of house and home!

 

[jesse]

take it from me, its not easy for humans. Females are very complicated creatures. Im sure this rings true for most if not all species. Give them time. you really shouldint expect them to breed right away if youve had them for less then a month. they have to adjsut and feel comfortable with their surroundings. Like my dad always says, "whenever youre dealing with animals you cant expect them to do anything, all you can do is hope"