Amphiuma shedding

[Jake]

Here is a short video of my Amphiuma means shedding skin.
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t192/axolotl_jake/?action=view&current=MVI_2378.flv

 

[Otterwoman]

That's very cool! Otherwise they're not too active, am I correct? I saw one at a very small zoo once and I actually went to the keeper/owner and said, I thought their animal was dead in its tank. She told me it wasn't, they're just very still most of the time, but not to feel too bad, because I wasn't the first. It didn't help. I still felt really dumb.

 

[Slimy2]

Neat video Jake! How long did it take to finish shedding?

 

[Jake]

That's very cool! Otherwise they're not too active, am I correct? I saw one at a very small zoo once and I actually went to the keeper/owner and said, I thought their animal was dead in its tank. She told me it wasn't, they're just very still most of the time, but not to feel too bad, because I wasn't the first. It didn't help. I still felt really dumb.

You're right about that, Dawn. This one normally sets at the bottom of the tank waiting for a nightcrawler to be dropped near it. If I watch it for about a half hour or so I do see it move but very slowly and it usually smells around the bottom of the tank between the rocks.

Neat video Jake! How long did it take to finish shedding?

I'm not sure how long it lasted because I caught it in the middle of the process. It began to eat the dead skin before it was completely off it's tail. I would guess the whole process was only 10-15 minutes though.

 

[Jan]

Nice Jake, thanks for sharing.