Morphed Axie

[andy]

Thought you guys might like to see this axie mander!
Morphed a year ago

 

[alex]

wow! thats wicked!. did it morph naturally or with the help of chemicals?.

 

[samantha]

wow thats awesome andy.thanx 4 sharing, iv never seen a morphed axie b4!

 

[andy]

Hi guys, this axie morphed on it's own. I've seen this happen three times in some 12 or so years of breeding axolotls.
The animal has come into breeding condition too....would like a female so i could breed them.

 

[joan]

Andy, have you noticed any of the purported sluggishness or sensitivity that morpholotls have? I've heard (although take with a grain of salt) that morphed axies are much weaker immunologically and don't survive as long.

 

[andy]

Hi Joan, yeah i've heard those things too and i think they're more likely to be true if the animal was forced to metamorphose. This animal is very hardy and active and i think it will live a long life. The only funny thing about him is that he is terrible at catching his food ....i have to handfeed him

 

[theresa]

This may be a silly question, but was he that colour when he was a reg. axie?

 

[alex]

do morphed axies breed different?

(Message edited by alex_axolotl on March 04, 2006)

 

[rheann]

Beautiful animal, he is in good hands with you

 

[andy]

Hey guys, the axolotl was a wildtype. It was very much darker when it morphed but has now developed a lot of the yellow/white spots. I assume they'd breed like a normal axie but don't hold me to it as they're isn't much info on that subject.

 

[alex]

can they walk/run very fast?

 

[joan]

I imagine they'd breed akin to tiger salamanders, as they are probably a genetic offshoot. Glad to hear this one's doing well. My terrestrial ambystomatids are bad at catching food. They prefer to just wait until it drops into their mouth, and usually then it takes them 3 or 4 tries before they finally get ahold of it.

 

[si]

The morphed ones I've seen in books look pretty ugly but that guy is really cool! congrats!

 

[andy]

Hi Si, yeah true mexican axolotl morphs look very ugly and gangly. Most of the axies in our country's have a little tiger sal genes in them....can see it in my animal

 

[stewart]

How can i get my axy to morph?

Nice axy

 

[andy]

Forcing an axolotl to morph is not usually good for the animal Stewart, i wouldn't advise it.....if it happens it happens

 

[brusey]

awwwwww it looks so cute

 

[andy]

This is how the animal looked soon after metamorphosis

You can see the tail fin remnant still there and he was a lot darker a year ago

 

[coffo]

wow it looks so weird almost rubber =p

 

[jojo]

WOW Andy!! Too cute!!
Id say thats the cutest morphed axie ive seen

Thanks for sharing!!