Kerry1968
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I recently acquired a new axie. He is beautiful, but still nameless! He has one long black gill that stretches over his back which looks a bit like a dreadlock, I was therefore going to name him Marley (as in Bob) but I noticed someone else has two axies one called Bob, one called Marley! No, I can't choose a name that someone already has, it's got to be original you see! So, still contemplating, will think of something that suits him eventually!
So, today I went to a reptile (and amphibian) show. I saw one of our guys there, Phil, who had his gorgeous baby axies for sale. Well, I couldn't walk away without getting one could I?
So we have a tiny wildtype too, to add to our menagerie. Beautiful little thing, and has the voracious axie appetite, wolfed down about 8 small worms! So now I have to think of ANOTHER name!
We also came away from the reptile show with a tiny, but perfect crested gecko! He/she is named Dino for now, may change when we are sure whether it is male or female. He ate some tiny crickets when we got him home and immediately after showed us how he sheds his skin!
Oh dear I think we are starting a zoo!
Now within our home we have.....6 axolotls, one frog, one gecko, 2 cats, one dog, a box full of worms, a tank of woodlice, a tank of crickets and a tank of freshwater shrimps!
Below are pics of our new additions, including the shrimps, if you can make them out. Sorry about the pictures, there is a blurry spot in each one because silly me managed to scratch the lens of the camera the other day.
Edit: Forgot to mention no-name black axie is back in the fridge after a brief spell in his quarantine tank. He has fungus on two of his toes, you can just about make out little white patches on his right front foot. I've salt-bathed him and as it's such a tiny amount of fungus I'm hoping it won't take long for him to recover. We are having another hot spell here in the UK at the moment, so I think the best place for him is the fridge for now. His two toes look like the tips have been stripped to the bone, I'm hoping it's nothing serious.
So, today I went to a reptile (and amphibian) show. I saw one of our guys there, Phil, who had his gorgeous baby axies for sale. Well, I couldn't walk away without getting one could I?
So we have a tiny wildtype too, to add to our menagerie. Beautiful little thing, and has the voracious axie appetite, wolfed down about 8 small worms! So now I have to think of ANOTHER name!
We also came away from the reptile show with a tiny, but perfect crested gecko! He/she is named Dino for now, may change when we are sure whether it is male or female. He ate some tiny crickets when we got him home and immediately after showed us how he sheds his skin!
Oh dear I think we are starting a zoo!
Now within our home we have.....6 axolotls, one frog, one gecko, 2 cats, one dog, a box full of worms, a tank of woodlice, a tank of crickets and a tank of freshwater shrimps!
Below are pics of our new additions, including the shrimps, if you can make them out. Sorry about the pictures, there is a blurry spot in each one because silly me managed to scratch the lens of the camera the other day.
Edit: Forgot to mention no-name black axie is back in the fridge after a brief spell in his quarantine tank. He has fungus on two of his toes, you can just about make out little white patches on his right front foot. I've salt-bathed him and as it's such a tiny amount of fungus I'm hoping it won't take long for him to recover. We are having another hot spell here in the UK at the moment, so I think the best place for him is the fridge for now. His two toes look like the tips have been stripped to the bone, I'm hoping it's nothing serious.
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