Question: Eggs per axolotl or axolotls per egg

[HannahMarie]

Hello all,
I am considering raising some axolotls from egg and was wondering how many eggs I need. I only plan to keep two axolotls from this for myself so how many eggs should I get? I don't want to get two eggs and have both fail or get 15 eggs and have a ton of axolotls to rehome. I do have a few sources to rehome extras too (local pet stores, other axolotl lovers, back on here, etc.), so too many is better than too few especially considering the shipping is much more than the cost of eggs.
Thanks for your input and I'm sure to have more questions as this becomes more of a reality

 

[Jennewt]

If all goes well, survival should be 90% or more. If something goes wrong along the way, survival could be zero. I think if you ended up with 15 extra axolotls, it wouldn't be that hard to rehome them. I would say get 15-20 eggs.

 

[auntiejude]

If you get eggs from an established breeding pair the breeder should be able to give you some idea of an average hatch rate.

I would recommend you take about a dozen eggs, giving you an allowance for dud eggs, weak larvae/deaths, and leave you with a good handful of healthy babies.

 

[HannahMarie]

Thank you both so much for the information. I am slowly acquiring my supplies. I now have about a dozen 1-2 gallon glass jars to separate the hatchlings into when they start nipping.