burgo
18-01-09, 10:15 AM
Whats them then you may ask, well them are these
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/axolotles/S7302487.jpg
Ok fair play so what your point then i hear you say. The point is my mums axolotles have had babies :D
For me following this process and watching each stage has been fascinating and thought purhaps other peeps might find it interesting aswell. so the point of this thread is going to be a diary.
we are just over two weeks into the process but didnt see much point in making a thread until now incase none hatched.
sooo first stage was the laying of the eggs that looked like this
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/axolotles/S7302495.jpg
after about a week they had developed into this
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/axolotles/S7302496.jpg
to give you an idea of size, the eggs are about 10mm
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/axolotles/S7302505.jpg
and now about a week later the first few started to hatch. at this stage you have to remove the dud eggs and hatch the rest. its taken me about 3 hours so far and ive still not finished.
the hatching involves scooping up each individual egg then very carefully snipping them with sissors. then getting hold of the egg with tweezers and encouraging the babie out.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/axolotles/S7302512.jpg
that is one in a 25ml scoop!!! tiny in other words
in this picture there is four together and you can still see more yet to be hatched
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/axolotles/S7302511.jpg
in total i recon we are gonna have about 50 :eek: how many of those develop further we shall have to wait and see. so until the next update (which will be the front legs "sprouting")
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/axolotles/S7302487.jpg
Ok fair play so what your point then i hear you say. The point is my mums axolotles have had babies :D
For me following this process and watching each stage has been fascinating and thought purhaps other peeps might find it interesting aswell. so the point of this thread is going to be a diary.
we are just over two weeks into the process but didnt see much point in making a thread until now incase none hatched.
sooo first stage was the laying of the eggs that looked like this
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/axolotles/S7302495.jpg
after about a week they had developed into this
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/axolotles/S7302496.jpg
to give you an idea of size, the eggs are about 10mm
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/axolotles/S7302505.jpg
and now about a week later the first few started to hatch. at this stage you have to remove the dud eggs and hatch the rest. its taken me about 3 hours so far and ive still not finished.
the hatching involves scooping up each individual egg then very carefully snipping them with sissors. then getting hold of the egg with tweezers and encouraging the babie out.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/axolotles/S7302512.jpg
that is one in a 25ml scoop!!! tiny in other words
in this picture there is four together and you can still see more yet to be hatched
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/axolotles/S7302511.jpg
in total i recon we are gonna have about 50 :eek: how many of those develop further we shall have to wait and see. so until the next update (which will be the front legs "sprouting")