Mexican Salamanders

[Rep-Style]

Gday just wanted to see if anyone here other than myself keep these odd lil guys

 

[hornet]

as in axolotyls?(spelling)

 

[Xenogenesis]

Pics?

 

[Rep-Style]

like axolotyls but that have morphed into their land dwelling counterparts

 

[Rep-Style]

This is my female, my male is black with yellow spots

 

[dirtysanchez]

Did you morph them or did they do it themselves?
I heard that adding iodine to their water will make them morph or if you empty water out of their tank little by little they will morph aswell

 

[Rep-Style]

its dangerous 2 doit urself because you can retard or kill them, i paid $150 for themmorphed, they cant eat on their ownmust be hand fed

 

[cris]

Squishette, nice name :lol:
how did you get her to morph?

 

[Rep-Style]

bought her n the male already morphed

 

[dirtysanchez]

Jesus you paid a hell of a lot for a morph.

There is an aquarium in strathfield sydney that sells morphs for $30

 

[JandC_Reptiles]

Axolotyls are not meant to morph.
They are the only salamander that remains in its larval stage throughout its life.

Reducing the water levels, adding iodine or injecting the animals is cruel & commonly leads to death. With so many dying & only a handfull surviving its no wonder they charge an arm & a leg for them. But IMO they are not worth diddly.

 

[Rep-Style]

$150 is cheap from wat ive seen down here

 

[JandC_Reptiles]

Just to add to my post if you look up neoteny in axolotyl's it will explain all.

 

[Rep-Style]

i know they are not ment tomorph but if it is done at the right time they are fine, but the right procedure must be done

 

[dirtysanchez]

Axolotyls are not meant to morph.
They are the only salamander that remains in its larval stage throughout its life.

Reducing the water levels, adding iodine or injecting the animals is cruel & commonly leads to death. With so many dying & only a handfull surviving its no wonder they charge an arm & a leg for them. But IMO they are not worth diddly.

It's called "Peter pan syndrome" in other words they never grow up BUT in saying that ax's are still salamanders and wild ones are meant to morph but because of breeding/inbreeding captive animals from a relativly small wild population they have become harder to morph as generation after generation are being bred at the ax stage which have no need to morph so the trait is dying.

P.S adding iodised salt to their water in small doses will not harm them

 

[Ramsayi]

They can be morphed rather easily by using a drug called thyroxine in small doses, however some lines won't morph and trying to do so will kill them.

 

[Rep-Style]

im guessing imthe only one here with them?

 

[Ramsayi]

I kept axylotls years ago and used to morph them all the time.

 

[dirtysanchez]

Hey Rep-Style do you have any more pics of your pair?

 

[Xenogenesis]

What the ****?
that **** is nasty.
can anyone explain exactly what they are to me and what this whole morph and unmorph business is about?
Cheers