Rocky Mountain Axolotls LLC

01/30/2025

01/30/2025

For those who didn't see our story.
There were 10 more juveniles listed on the site late last night.
I originally thought I'd release all the last half at once but that isn't going to happen 😝 😂
So ....
all albinos are listed, there are no more of those once they are sold out.
There will be more dirties and a handful of leucies with not much "dirt".
Those will be added when they are ready!
We do not have any other babies we are raising here at this time and unsure when we will have another pairing or when.

01/18/2025

I just uploaded two more dirty leucies from the Rockband Clutch
"Goo Goo Dolls" & "System of a Down"

https://rockymountainaxolotls.com/shop/ols/products/smashing-pumpkins-3-4-juvenile-dirty-leucy-axolotl legally

GENERAL INFORMATION: Gender : unknown *too young to determine gender. Diet: Currently eating a variety of the following; Cut up european nightcrawlers & salmon pellets Hatch date : 10/18/2024 Clutch info: “Rock Band Clutch” This clutch consists of axanthic & white albinos as well as axanthic & r...

01/11/2025

Just added 14 rockstars to the site!!!!!!!!!!!
This includes dirty leucies and albinos!
We will have one more group of these that will be released with more dirties and some clean leucies. and just a couple more albinos. Those to come in a couple weeks or so.

https://rockymountainaxolotls.com/shop

01/10/2025

Rock band update 🎸 - many of them have started eating pellets this week and are off black worms. So they are ready.

I am working as hard as I can to get these guys all posted.
My goal is to have them available this week.
PLEASE be patient with me. 🙏🏻
Work is crazy busy and it takes me a long time to do these photos and videos.
I am a one person operation here, aside from my furry friends that are on my staff 🐶 🐈‍⬛ but they don't have thumbs so they can't take photos. 😝

ALSO- If you want to be notified when these are posted.
PLEASE, go to my shop page.
Scroll to the bottom.
And SUBSCRIBE and you'll get a email when they are added.
I will not remember to notify people individually so please subscribe!

Link to shop:
https://rockymountainaxolotls.com/shop

01/06/2025

Not for sale - but wanted to share my favorite dirty from the rock band clutch. I think I shall it "Nirvana" 🖤

01/05/2025

Last one is added!
"Sugar Cookie" will get more pics and a Video soon... my light broke halfway through 🤦🏻‍♀️

GENERAL INFORMATION: Gender : unknown *too young to determine gender. Diet: Currently eating a variety of the following; Cut up european nightcrawlers & salmon pellets Hatch date : 9/2024 Clutch info: “Sweets Clutch” This clutch consisted of regular coppers and melanoid coppers -----------------...

01/05/2025

Just a little sneek peek of some upcoming dirties !

Check out Rocky Mountain Axolotls’s post.

01/04/2025

JUST ADDED "cheesecake" to the site! I have one more sweet to add and that's all for that clutch !

Rock band clutch coming soon!

GENERAL INFORMATION: Gender : unknown *too young to determine gender. Diet: Currently eating a variety of the following; Cut up european nightcrawlers & salmon pellets Hatch date : 9/2024 Clutch info: “Sweets Clutch” This clutch consisted of regular coppers and melanoid coppers -----------------...

01/04/2025

I just learned that I can create AI images on here !
It proves that you can teach a old dog new tricks 😂
Here's a fairy riding an axolotl for your enjoyment!

I'm working on listings for the site.... slow and steady. Please be patient with me work has been slammed!

Have a great weekend!

12/30/2024

12/29/2024

I just wanted to touch on a couple things I have been seeing lately involving something I care deeply about…… can you guess what that is??...
Well, DUH…….AXOLOTLS!

I have been seeing an increase in posts in various groups asking for help with their new axolotls that are way too young to have been sold. Some have been as small as 1”! This is way too tiny to send these guys home, especially to a new axolotl owner! They are sensitive at this stage and require live food that is not always readily available locally such as live black worms. This is just one example of why it is not ethical to sell them so young. I will not sell an axolotl that is under 3” and often I wait until they are a bit closer to 4” and eating foods that are readily available to you. I even send you home with some of the pellets they are eating to help the transition go smoother at no additional cost.
I have also seen many animals purchased aka “rescued” from a pet store with missing limbs or in poor health. I completely understand not wanting an animal to suffer, but that is on the pet store not you. Most times they will still take your money and then you have a sick animal that may need veterinary care even worse, die. Buying sick animals is not doing the species any favors. You are just supporting the pet stores who do not take care of them. When this happens we are just giving them money to go buy more so they can make more sales. I know this sounds mean but we can't stop this unless we do not support them. I do want to mention I am not telling you not to buy from a pet store, I am just stating we should not support stores who sell sick animals.
Please keep this information in mind, and remember that there are reputable breeders out there, like myself, who are ethical and take great care of their animals. We are almost all small businesses and do this out of love for the species and to support our hobby. If I ever do not have what you are looking for, please just reach out, I am more than happy to refer you to another reputable breeder who will get you a healthy and beautiful axolotl.

Below is one of our healthy young albinos from our RockBand Clutch hatched Oct 18, they are about 3" but we are still working on transitioning foods before they go home.

12/27/2024

I changed the theme of the clutch up.

They should be able to be listed in the next couple of weeks. Shooting for the second week of January if they cooperate! They hatched Oct 18th.
There are albinos and dirty leucies from this pairing . I will get some sneak peek pics up soon!
No gfp , sorry!

12/26/2024

Merry Christmas from us at RMA!

12/23/2024

"Crucio" update! Customer appreciation post.
Our beloved girl from our Spells and Charms clutch of 1/4 true a.mexicanium finally found a forever home.
She looks amazing with her new sister. She's still young so she'll fill out and catch up in size in no time.
I am over here, drooling over her sister. She is beautiful.

12/22/2024

👏🏼👇🏼

I am, as usual this time of year, starting to see a lot of posts about “oops” axolotl clutches, begging for help and guidance after the event. Just as disturbingly, I see breeders post pics of tubs full of hundreds, if not thousands, of eggs and/or hatchlings. Not cool, people.

I get complaints that my posts are too long. A lot. I do try to limit the length of my posts, and honestly more gets left on the cutting room floor than I post. I feel I need all those words to clarify points and provide context, or I will be flooded with reams of “yeah, but what about…”, and “that’s only true if…”, and “you’re stupid”, etc.

But I get it: Many of you have been raised on soundbites, memes, Twitter (I will never say “X”), and TicToc. Punctuation, exposition, and clarification are not your thing.

So here is a severe edit from an old post (from April 10,2024) with all the extraneous stuff cut away::

…producing and distributing a large number of animals… is a problem. … inbreeding in the pet trade has increased with each generation. …with so many animals from desirable lineages flooding the pet trade it is inevitable that closely related animals will sometimes get paired.

When pet shops get a hundred babies from… an “oops” clutch, or someone… hatches an “oops” clutch because they don’t have the good sense or courage to do the right thing and cull the eggs, the odds that those animals are not the offspring of siblings or first cousins is pretty low.

(How) to reduce the problem?
(a) Produce smaller clutches, and
(b) Breed each animal only once or twice.

If you produce 500 babies from one clutch… there is a very high probability that some of those siblings are going to end up paired together to produce more in**ed offspring.

If… you produce only 50 offspring… the probability that any of those axolotls will be paired with their siblings or other close relatives is only one tenth as great!

If you hatch 40 and sell 460 (eggs), you're still producing 500 babies from the same pairing!

"But wait," you say, …”If I hatch only 50 eggs I may lose them all!" …you have no idea what you are doing and should stop doing it. …your survival rate with a clutch of 30 to 40 babies should be 95% or better.

Limiting any axolotl to just one or two clutches is a simple way to maintain some genetic diversity.

(Producing smaller clutches means) the breeder is raising... fewer, healthier offspring, and can therefore command higher prices. Producing fewer offspring per clutch and per adult axolotl benefits the axolotls, the breeders, and the pet owners. Everyone wins!