Pet Store Axolotl

[hannahll]

Alright, so i work at a pet store, and this is no "rescue" by any means. But, i wanted to show that some pet stores can have fantastic looking axolotls. This little axolotl was well taken care of in a great tank. About a month ago, i picked her up as my boyfriends valentine's day present and she is doing AMAZING and i wanted to post a picture! Her name is Ponyo! Also, my avatar is Ponyo.

 

[Neil C]

That's a nice looking axolotl, almost looks like a copper! Could we have some more pics?


Regards Neil

 

[Kerry M]

What an adorable little axie ☺

 

[hannahll]

Thanks guys! & i was thinking that, too! When we first got her, she was more green, and she's getting lighter. I'll take some more pictures today while i'm here! I'm kinda jealous i didn't keep her as my own..

 

[HodgeaPodge]

It's nice to see a pet store have the knowledge of the pets they're selling.

And that's a very nice lookin' lotl!

 

[hannahll]

Thank you very much! We do our best!
& here's a few more pictures of her this morning!

 

[hannahll]

By the way, today i found out that Ponyo was a wild caught axolotl! Which might explain why she's a killing machine.
The company we got her from has to tell us these things but i never knew.

 

[abbeh15]

Wild caught where? Axolotls are critically endangered in the wild and I'm sure would be very illegal to catch and sell.

Maybe they meant wild type, classifying its color?

 

[hannahll]

That's what I thought but I know I heard her say that the others were captive bred and she was not. Sounds strange.. right..? We have had other wild captured animals show up here but with axolotls being so close to extinction, I don't know! It sounded crazy. But supposedly that's how they got Ponyo.