happy_axolotls

07/21/2024

Kimberly Vaughnan just sent me this beautiful photo collage of her axolotl Peter. I love customer updates and seeing my babies all big and happy and healthy. Kim Vaughan

07/21/2024

Hi all sorry for the lack of posts but things have been crazy! I just wanted to share a pic from a customer who updated me on her axolotls progress. This axanthic was purchased as a 3-4 inch baby and is now a huge beautiful girl! Say hello to Kelpie from Kary in Buffalo NY.

05/28/2024

Doing some updates on the site!! This really pretty boy was a holdback from Betty White an axanthic copper and Johnny Depp a gfp Mel. Laid 6/7/23 and is showing male. He is a GFP hypomelanistic with lots of shiny iridophores. I’m naming him Kevin Bacom and he is available on the website! He also comes from an all het clutch and has a lot of breeding potential. Check it out or pm me.

05/27/2024

Kim McCartney Smith made a beautiful little birthday party for her axolotl who will be celebrating her first birthday! We love updates so thank you Kim!

04/21/2024

04/11/2024

Updated the website with lots of adorable juveniles! Check it out! Some of these pretty Mel lucy babies were raised by Pure Imagination Axolotls and she may have more!

04/11/2024

Newly hatched babies from Critters in the Valley are doing great! We have Mel and Lucy varieties with possibly some hypo Mel’s! Good job!

03/25/2024

I made a post with complete lines and description for Betty Whites eggs for those who are interested. Please read all the words before placing your order!

Laid 3/23-3/24 these axolotl eggs will be available for shipping presumably from Wednesday 3/27- Tuesday 4/2. I am hoping for a clutch of Hypomelanistic variants, coppers, axanthic, melanoid, albino and Lucy. Mom “Betty White” an axanthic copper has produced one clutch in the past and it was ver...

03/24/2024

Betty white is laying!! See previous post for egg details. Last clutch she laid a bunch so I will be taking down names. Pm me for more info!!

03/23/2024

Here are some pics of my secret test clutch between Harley Davidson and hypo Mel and Dolly Parton a hypo golden. All these hatching were hatched about a month ago and are all hypomelanistic varieties. Can’t wait to see them grow! Their bellies are big and dark from chopped up blackworms.

03/23/2024

We have a pair together!! Ice-T and Betty White are in the boom boom hotel for a few days. Ice - T is a hypo Mel het Mel, axanthic , copper, and albino. Mosaics in that line! Betty White is an axanthic copper het Mel, albino, hypo and Lucy. Betty produced a wonderful clutch last year and this is Ice-Ts first breeding. This clutch will give us coppers, melanoids, axanthics, albino and possiblu Lucy’s, and a variety of hypomelanistics. Wish them luck!!

03/18/2024

I’ve decided to part with my juvenile mosaic. I will be taking offers from 3/18 Monday through Saturday 3/23. Pm me if interested. I will warn you that this is a unique one of a kind mosaic so the prices will reflect that. Shipping is not included. Overnight FedEx price is $45-65 depending on location.
This is a marbled Mel and albino looking juvenile 5 inches long. Hatched 10/16/23.
Mom- “Lady Gaga” a starburst wild hatched 8/4/21 at Rainy Day Aquatics. Parents were Helios and Jewel a wild and all het Mel. Additional hets for the Lady are Mel, axanthic, hypomelanistic, copper and albino. She is from the “sun King” clutch.
Dad- “mick jagger” a high iridophore hypomelanistic raised at Rainy Day Aquatics. Hatched 11/10/21. Dad was Galaxy a hypomelanistic from roofus Aquatics and mom was Mahogany a MAC from Luther’s Lotls.
This mosaics clutch that I bred had all morphs except Lucy including hypomelanistics.
These are some pics from today, Monday.

03/16/2024

Hi all I added some more babies to the site! We now have gfp or glowing Lucy’s that will be Ready in about three weeks. So if you want one this gives you time to get your tank cycled and everything you need first!

03/12/2024

These two lucky little boys got their new best friend the other day for a birthday! Krulahn and Zaydian are so excited to welcome their new axolotl to the family. Thank you to Kara Sosnowski for bringing the family by Happy Axolotls for their new friend.

02/28/2024

I have a secret. Hardly anyone know what I’ve been hiding. I now am introducing my baby 4 -5 inch mosaic! This is from Lady Gaga’s clutch. What morphs do you see? I’m thinking Lucy and axanthic but we will know better when he or she gets bigger. I give this special one tasty nutritious live blackworms often and live to watch him go crazy eating them. I get my blackworms from Eastern Aquatics blackworms. If you have small babies under 3 or so inches then the blackworms are a must have as a staple diet yo help them grow bf stay healthy. Eastern Aquatics Blackworms

02/22/2024

Long overdue website updates tonight!! Introducing some lovely dirty Lucy babies, a sub adult golden, and a baby hypomelanistic!! Check it out!

01/30/2024

Updated the site with some new babies! I have a bunch more that will be ready in 2-3 weeks

01/09/2024

It’s that time again! I needed some gfp coppers so i put together a pair and very quickly I have eggs! “Prince” is a Mel Axanthic Copper who is also GFP and het for all with “melanie” a female melanoid who is all het also. We should get a good variety of morphs in these egggs! I’m making a link
For the website or you can pm me for more https://happyaxolotls.com/product/eggs-gfp-mac-with-melanoid-good-variety-of-morphs/

01/01/2024

Updated the site finally! There re some beautiful babies up for grabs on there also want to give a shout out to Eastern Aquatics Blackworms for providing the food to raise these babies blackworms are a great source of nutrition and very tasty! Click on the link to get yours!

12/15/2023

Hi all I’m Sorry for the delay in getting back to everyone. A lot of personal things going on. Please be patient with me for the next few weeks. Happy holidays!

12/02/2023

Updated the website for the holidays!! Shipping will end december 18th. I will not ship past that due to potential delays and losses. I will however hold an axolotl for you for a small fee for before if after the holidays. Just pm or email me to find out more! Check out these pretty babies!

11/23/2023

We have more eggs! This is Suge’s last breeding before she retires. She is my biggest female and has produced some also very large beautiful babies including very dirty Lucy’s. Michael Jackson is such a pretty light axanthic. He got slightly darker as he grew but is still light. Their clutch should consist of dark gilled and dirty Lucy’s, axanthics, albinos, wilds and possibly more. Any questions about lineage pm me!

11/20/2023

Hi all the eggs are now available for purchase on the website as a set of 25. Shipping is included in the base price so do not add extra shipping! Shipping will be from this Wednesday for 7-& days. This clutch should be all the morphs!! We’re looking at hypomelanistic varities, coppers, Mel’s, axanthics, Lucy’s, albinos and wilds. Don’t miss out on these!

My two beauties have laid a clutch! These eggs are from “Oprah Winfrey” a Hypomelanistic melanoid hatched 6/22 bred by Happy Axolotls and The Mottled Lotl. I am listing all of the parents information I have to avoid inbreeding. This is their first clutch together and first time breeding. In this...

11/19/2023

I’m so happy! This beautiful couple has eggs! Mom is a hypomelanistic melanoid and dad is an axanthic Mel Hets are listed below. I’m expecting a clutch of albino varities, lucy, mel, axanthic, starburst wild hopefully, copper, varities of hypomelanistic and more! This is their first breeding both of them. Dad is a little young but is super big and was totally ready! I will be letting sets of these eggs go once they are beaned. Pm me for more info and any questions!

11/14/2023

Update!! Introducing Steve Irwin!!
Welcome to the family! I have a male lucy het mel that I kept out of a few that a friend bred and gave to me. This guy just dropped his man parts so now I get to make him! He is very big for 7 months old being almost 8-9 inches! I need to brainstorm names. Famous people is the theme for all my adults. For example I have a lady Gaga, rob zombie, Lizzie borden, Mac Miller, Oprah Winfrey, Jonhny depp and more. Give me your ideas!! He was very nice to pose for me for the photo shoot last night.

11/05/2023

Want to highlight a very special little one on the website. “Precious” is a 4-5 inch long hypomelanistic wild I am presuming. This one has stumped a bunch of people so I am not 100% on the morph. But he or she is beautiful. From the Betty White and Johnny Depp clutch. Betty white is an axanthic copper and Johnny depp is an all het gfp Mel. The clutch had lucy, copper, albino, golden albino, mel, axanthic and many varities of those for instance mel albinos and Mel Lucy’s plus a few hypomelanistics. Check out this unique juvenile hatched 6/23/23 on the site if interested!

10/25/2023

Tina H was kind enough to write this out which are almost exactly my thoughts.

10/18/2023

Babies!! All of lady Gaga and mick jaggers egg have hatched. I see a beautiful rainbow of morphs plus some exciting different ones! Dad is hypomelanistic so we may have hypo babies. Yay!

10/18/2023

Went to see a good friend and fellow breeder last night The Mottled Lotl. I came back with 3 adult males! Two lovely potential breeders from Tina h and one poor guy who’s had a rough time and need some rehab from another friend. Let me introduce Rob Zombie the Mel axanthic and Harley Davidson the hypomelanistic melanoid! They look amazing and Tina H has done a great job with them. More pics to come!

10/08/2023

Let’s talk about FEEDING!! I’m going to give everyone a little advice about nutrition and how to feed your axolotls. First off we start with live blackworms for babies under 2.5 inches so that’s basically baby food they need to have available at all times. Then they graduate to red wiggler earthworm pieces at about 2.5-3 inches long. They should grow an inch a month with proper nutrition. Start but cutting a piece of worm from the tail end about the size of the axolotls head. Grip one end with tongs or tweezers. Dangle the piece in front of the baby and they should grab it. There may be a transition period when going from
Baby food to red wigglers when the baby will not take the worm. Keep offering it then take it away after about a minute. Do not leave in the tank! It can cause an ammonia spike. Your axolotl should get hungry enough to try the worm within 1-2 days. It is okay if they do not eat for up to 3 days if they are babies. Adults can go a few weeks without eating. It’s tough love! Once they get the worm piece down they will take it readily. Offer worms twice daily until about 6 inches long.
As your axolotl grows, increase the size of the worm and go down to once a day. A good meal is all they’re ant to eat in ten minutes twice daily. If they are fed too much they may vomit up all the worm pieces so don’t be tempted to give more. As they grow they will graduate to while worms then two or three whole worms per meal.
At this point you can switch to nightcrawlers. At around 6-7 inches long I start with 1/3-1/2 of a nightcrawlers once daily fed with tongs from
Above. Nightcrawlers are fatter and longer worms. If you’re unsure about the length measure the size of the axolotl from nose to back legs. This is roughly the size of the worm they can take per meal. It may take them up to ten minutes to completely get the worm down and that is fine.
Around the sub adult stage of almost full grown but not quite you can feed every other day. You’re axolotl will be roughly 9-12 inches. At this size they can take a full nightcrawler per meal.
Once they are 18 months old and full grown you can feed one large nightcrawler every 2-3 days. They do not need to eat every day at this stage due to a slower metabolism.
Other foods - live soft food earthworm varities are a staple food in that they are nutritionally complete. Your axolotl does not need to eat other foods but can have treats if you so choose. Frozen bloodworms are a common treat. I will warn you though that the axolotl can get used to frozen foods and refuse their live worms if fed too often. Pellets specifically made for axolotls that are pre moistened are also an an acceptable diet. I do not like them because they can be messy and if they are too dry can contribute to constipation in axolotls.
Fish and shrimp- I am not a fan of either because of a few reasons. As a veterinary professional I know they can transmit bacteria and parasites to your axolotl and should be quarantined for a minimum of 30 days prior to feeding. Even then they are not 100% safe. Only live bearing fish like guppies are safe to ingest. Fish can also nip on the gills and skin of axolotls causing damage. So I prefer to stay away from them.
Here is a collage of axolotls eating for your viewing pleasure! I hope you learned something! Happy axolotl keeping!