Found a pet store selling morphed axolotls how rare is this?

[oscar fish lover2000]

Hi i went on the internet and found an exotic pet store an hour away from me selling exotic fish, reptiles and birds, i haven't been there yet i'm planning a trip, how rare is it for morphed axolotls to be sold? The pet store is called amazing amazon.


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[Lusus_Naturae]

Not common but not rare either.

 

[scott m]

^^^ That's true for us here in the states...possibly "rare" in australia. I looked at WIKIPEDIA to read more about the axolotls and it said they are listed as endangered and critically endangered. That surprised me because they do show up here fairly frequently.

 

[vitaly]

axolotls are critically endangered in the wild. the once you see for sale are all commercially bred. similar situation is with asian arowanas and edler's live bearers.
oh, i would not buy a morphed axolotls. they do induce it artificially with a thyroid hormone injections. this procedures leads to lots of health problems and greatly shortens their lives

 

[scott m]

Thanks vitaly for the good information.