lokocoko
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- Cokeezz
Hey guys, i'm new here and found this site about a week ago and decided to join since there is a lot of helpful stuff here! I have two axolotls, one golden albino (Mango) and one albino (Brainz). I recently got my boyfriend interested in axolotls and finally he decided to buy one of his own, an albino male just like my Brainz. He named it Zyzz after the bodybuilders legacy, hahahaha (oh boys).
Anyway so the day he got his, he asked me to take care of him over night while he was getting his tank up and running so i put him in a very large container and everything was fine.
Until morning that is...
You can imagine how surprised i was when i woke up to a missing axolotl
There was absolutely NO sign of him, no water puddles and nobody in my family knew where he was!
My dad managed to convince me that he got out and the dogs got to him. I figured i wouldve seen blood somewhere but eventually i just gave up searching and told myself to believe the poor guy met my dog.
So after a few days i had almost forgotten about zyzz, (i bought my boyfriend a new wildtype one that we named Fuze). But last night at 1AM i heard a small scraping on my floorboards so i turned on the light and there he was! He survived out of water for five whole days!!
I mean, what the heck?!
So i currently have him back in the large container just until he gets better, the poor guy was all red and veiny when i found him, probably because of no oxygen. Since my boyfriends tank is all running now we plan to put him in straight away as soon as he gets better, we're not taking any more changes with this incredible little guy! Also i have a lid with some airholes on the top to make sure he gets enough air (although you'd think after 5 days he probably wouldnt want any, hahaha!!)
Also his skin started to flake but he DEFINITELY looks a lot better. He has one or two small scrapes and he's very skinny but I'm looking after him now, no way I'm going to let him die on me!
I was just wondering if 1.the flaking is normal? 2. Has anyone else had totally crazy stories like this? I did a google search when i first lost him about how long axies could survive out of water and people were saying that they would only last as long as a fish would! But a fish would be well on its way to fishy heaven after 5 days, no?
Speedy recovery to little Zyzz,
And tell me all, what do you think!?
Anyway so the day he got his, he asked me to take care of him over night while he was getting his tank up and running so i put him in a very large container and everything was fine.
Until morning that is...
You can imagine how surprised i was when i woke up to a missing axolotl
There was absolutely NO sign of him, no water puddles and nobody in my family knew where he was!
My dad managed to convince me that he got out and the dogs got to him. I figured i wouldve seen blood somewhere but eventually i just gave up searching and told myself to believe the poor guy met my dog.
So after a few days i had almost forgotten about zyzz, (i bought my boyfriend a new wildtype one that we named Fuze). But last night at 1AM i heard a small scraping on my floorboards so i turned on the light and there he was! He survived out of water for five whole days!!
I mean, what the heck?!
So i currently have him back in the large container just until he gets better, the poor guy was all red and veiny when i found him, probably because of no oxygen. Since my boyfriends tank is all running now we plan to put him in straight away as soon as he gets better, we're not taking any more changes with this incredible little guy! Also i have a lid with some airholes on the top to make sure he gets enough air (although you'd think after 5 days he probably wouldnt want any, hahaha!!)
Also his skin started to flake but he DEFINITELY looks a lot better. He has one or two small scrapes and he's very skinny but I'm looking after him now, no way I'm going to let him die on me!
I was just wondering if 1.the flaking is normal? 2. Has anyone else had totally crazy stories like this? I did a google search when i first lost him about how long axies could survive out of water and people were saying that they would only last as long as a fish would! But a fish would be well on its way to fishy heaven after 5 days, no?
Speedy recovery to little Zyzz,
And tell me all, what do you think!?