Buying a young axolotl vs an adult?

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I was wondering if anyone could tell me how hard it is to take care of an axolotl from like a juvenile age or an egg? I am just asking because I want to get one, but it seems most people selling them on here sell them as eggs or juveniles. Thanks!
 
I think the hardest think about keeping juveniles is feeding them, because they have to have smaller foods than adults.
 
Other than the feeding, do you think that it is relatively easy to raise them to an adult then? And do you just have to feed them smaller pieces of things?
 
Adult vs Juvie doesn't make to much of a difference, except as stated the size of food required. Juvies can eat blood worms, pellets, etc. Even frozen brine shrimp if they are still quite small enough.

Usually breeders ship out juvies at about 3" long minimum. They will be fine on blood worms frozen from the store, or you can order black worms. Even cut up earthworms/nightcrawlers can be eaten, as well as the pellets. It really just depends on the size of the axie.
 
For the first few months after hatching they require live food, usually brine shrimp which is a lot of work to feed one little guy. Once they are eating frozen blood worms though they are significantly easier to care for. :)
 
I loved rearing from eggs. The bbs culture was fairly easy to maintain although the cleanup and water care was a bit of trouble. My only issue was with having to cull a couple that were doing really poorly developmentally. But as other have posted, once you get over that feeding hump, It is smooth sailing.
 
IMO, juveniles are not hard to raise to adults as long as you know how to maintain water quality and can feed them the foods Wysper lists.

IMHO, eggs to juveniles are quite difficult to raise. If there is not enough flow to oxygenate the eggs, the larvae don't develop properly and die. Assuming you get past that hurtle, as already mentioned you must provide live food until the hind legs start to bud. Some larvae grow faster than others so you need to have multiple containers to separate the larger ones so they will not kill the smaller ones. Once the hind legs start to bud, it gets sooooo much easier!

I would suggest getting a juvenile!
 
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