Babies!

[dot]

In the beginning, my pet count was 9: 3 Axolotls, 1 Blood Python, 1 Ball Python, 1 Lesser Siren, 2 Tiger Salamanders and 1 Cat. Now my pet count is about 503 Axolotls.

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There are only about 1/3 of the babies in those pictures. They're spread out on my dining room table in four tanks at the moment. The father is leucisitc and the mother is wildtype.

I may or may not be putting up an advertisement later to sell them, depending on whether or not I can get give them away locally.

 

[jojo]

LOL
Oh MY!!!!!!

You've got quite a large family there Dot!!!!
Good luck with all your new babies

 

[charlie]

WHOA! thats a lot of axies.

What colouring are they turning out like?

 

[dot]

This time last year, I had over 1500 eggs, (from TWO breeding females, one of whom laid twice in once season - an accident on my part) so the 500 or so is a godsend.

I'm assuming that they're primarily all going to be wildtype, though a handful of babies are getting lighter and lighter by the day. I'm partial to leucistics, so I may end up keeping a few of them.

So far, out of 500 or so hatchlings, I've only had to cull two larvae, which is a blessing and a curse, because that means they're healthy, but I've got more healthy babies to find homes for.

 

[matt1122]

how many survived?

 

[coffo]

matt since ur posting u should register and congrats on axies

 

[jennifer]

Congratulations, Dot! Good luck with all the little ones. Maybe you could sell them at some herp event.

 

[monica]

Congrats Dot! That is a lot to handle. Best of luck with the little ones.