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axolfans · Joined: 27 Feb 2010 Posts: 1

We love axolotls, we have 6 ourselves and regularly raise babies. We would love to know about any charities, organisations etc that we could support to help protect these beautiful little creatures. Thanks.

climid · Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 308 Location: Alberta, CAnada

definately keep breeding them and selling (or giving) them to petsotres. it really takes pressure off the natural populations.

brogen576 · Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Posts: 27

I have an axolotl, =], and when I saw that you (Nick) have one i said to my dad 'He's tank look so much better than mine'. So can you please answer this:
What exatly do you have in your tank? the reason I ask is because i live very close to Mark (ameyzoo) which i'm ld you know him, so I want to find out what best to use then buy it from him as I know he's brilliant.
Thanks if you get a chance to answer this.

triturophile · Joined: 16 Jul 2010 Posts: 1

Hi Nick - just caught a repeat of your report on axolotls. Did you also search for them outside Mexico City itself? When I was training for the 68 Olympics (running, not rowing!), I would occasionally spot a dark newt-like creature of about the right size in a stream up in the hills, some 20 miles from the city. This was at a place known as La Marquesa, a national park on the road to Toluca, at an altitude of around 3000m.

It's an area of pinewoods and meadows, relatively unpolluted. The stream was tiny, more like a ditch, but very clear. It sometimes snows up there in winter. Can axolotls survive in those conditions? Is this area known as one of their habitats?

If you think this could have been one - or maybe a related species - I believe I could still pinpoint the location. I'll be happy to tell you more if you could think it could be helpful.

I've always been a newt-fancier! When I was a kid growing up in a village in north-west Essex, I used to collect and breed the Great Crested, which were extremely common in the local ponds. You could catch them either with your hand as they came up to breathe, or by dangling a piece of red ribbon in the water, in which they would snag their teeth.

Keep up the good work!

Opossum · Joined: 29 Jun 2010 Posts: 16

I think theres is no one but you can create one if you love them too much!!

I love opossums and i am investigating how to create and organization to protect them

Scott · Joined: 29 Nov 2008 Posts: 453