Doodad

[apryl]

Gorgeous!!

 

[casey]

Wow! Great pic cynthia!

Doodad looks good enough to eat - just like chocolate! mmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[jordan]

I like the lips. Doodad looks great!

 

[john]

I agree..

~John

 

[suzanne]

She's lovely! reminds me of brown m&m's...

 

[rheann]

Cynthia, I am in love! Doodad looks so much like chocolate fudge, she's like a chewy browny. So cute!

Thanks again for sharing! I love seeing pictures of her, she's just so sweet

 

[joan]

Lovely coloration. My melanoid has bluish eyes too. Maybe if you get adventurous, we can mate my blue/grey axolotl with your chocolate one and see what comes out!

 

[hailz]

Doodad reminds me of a lion with a big furry mane! she's so beautiful!

 

[rheann]

She reminds me of an Eastern Dragon

That and a browny bar

 

[rheann]

Grimace Gargamel, my black Melanoid also has blue eyes too

 

[rob]

very nice photo

love the blue eyes on the axies....

 

[cynthia]

Joan - Do you have a picture of your blue axolotl?

I used to breed rex rabbits and blue and chocolate crosses generally produced blue, chocolate and lilac offspring. Not that axolotls are like rabbits but it would be interesting to see what colors would come out of such a cross.

Thanks everyone for your kind words. Doodad is getting braver and is coming out of hiding a lot more lately. Her appearance pleases me as I rarely get a good look at her.

 

[rheann]

Cynthia, if she comes out of hiding again and you get some time to snap some more photos, I think it's safe to assume Doodad has a few fans who love to see new pictures of her

She's a chocolate baby lol.

 

[joan]

Here's one old picture and one more recent one. The first picture has been lightened to show pattern.

 

[gregory]

The eyes are really pretty; I love the blue color. I don't know much about eye color in axolotls--I'd be interested in hearing anything about the eye color genes

One thing I do remember reading about axolotl eyes is how precious they really are--although it can regenerate a whole limb and bits of the spinal cord, it cannot manage to regenerate the lens of its eye.

 

[jenny]

They are all just so amazing

 

[cynthia]

Lovely Joan.

Should you ever be in Idaho, or I in Michigan we might have to think about letting them meet.

(Message edited by cynorita on November 15, 2005)

 

[joan]

Thanks Gregory. I don't know the mechanisms behind eyecolor. I know melanoids have very little in the way of xanthophores and iridophores, while wildtype are in abundance. So in melanoids, since there aren't really any xantho or irido phores to migrate, the eyes are blue (or black, but very light, so appearing blue), while in wildtypes they're gold because there are xantho and irido phores to migrate there. Just a theory, anyway.

 

[jeffrey]

Hi just for a little comparison here is a photo of one of my melanistic ladies.

Yes she has milky eyes, unsure as to the cause. Her companion has clear eyes, the milkiness does not seem to affect her she finds her food as easily as before and responds to me coming in the room just the same. Though I know that is a light and shadow reaction.

 

[jordan]

Her eyes look awesome! wow that color is sweet!