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Quote from: Vintergatan on June 24, 2012, 07:55:36 AMThey are adorable, but I am very opposed to keeping endangered animals as pets. I´m more of a spider person so I´m not sure if axolotls are captured in the wild and sold as pets as many tarantulas are, but I urge anyone interested in keeping them as pets to do due research on origin of their potential pet The ones sold as pets are bred and raised in captivity, in laboratories or by hobbyists. I am personally planning on buying one from a hobbyist/breeder in the US, so I know exactly where he or she is coming from. Axolotls are endangered because their habitat, which is only two small lakes in Mexico, is being destroyed, due to draining of one of the lakes, and waste from Mexico city being fed/dumped into the other. Really, Captive axolotls are the only chance we have at bringing the species back.I wouldn't purchase an axolotl if they were being taken out of the wild to be kept as pets, I don't really condone that either.
They are adorable, but I am very opposed to keeping endangered animals as pets. I´m more of a spider person so I´m not sure if axolotls are captured in the wild and sold as pets as many tarantulas are, but I urge anyone interested in keeping them as pets to do due research on origin of their potential pet
Quote from: TwistedWindSox on June 24, 2012, 08:26:17 AMQuote from: Vintergatan on June 24, 2012, 07:55:36 AMThey are adorable, but I am very opposed to keeping endangered animals as pets. I´m more of a spider person so I´m not sure if axolotls are captured in the wild and sold as pets as many tarantulas are, but I urge anyone interested in keeping them as pets to do due research on origin of their potential pet The ones sold as pets are bred and raised in captivity, in laboratories or by hobbyists. I am personally planning on buying one from a hobbyist/breeder in the US, so I know exactly where he or she is coming from. Axolotls are endangered because their habitat, which is only two small lakes in Mexico, is being destroyed, due to draining of one of the lakes, and waste from Mexico city being fed/dumped into the other. Really, Captive axolotls are the only chance we have at bringing the species back.I wouldn't purchase an axolotl if they were being taken out of the wild to be kept as pets, I don't really condone that either.Oh well that is wonderful! you're obviously well informed about the situation and any axolotl that comes to live with you will be a lucky one ^^I´m sorry if you got the impression that I assumed that you weren't informed, I just felt, knowing how many uninformed people just get exotic animals with no knowledge of where they´re from, that it would be good to at least put my thoughts out there ^^ I apologize in this case
I'm excited for you Twis!! I hope you get it soon!!!
Wow, those are creepy.. but neat!Are they hard to care for?
One thing I always asked myself: How the heck do you pronounce it?! I say Axe-oh-lottle is that anywhere close??