WELCOME TO NORTHERN AXOLOTLS

Many people ask, "What are axolotls?".  These are a fluffy gilled aquatic salamander species that originated from around the Lake that used to be Mexico City.  In their original habitat, they ruled for millennia, keeping to the cool fresh water bottoms and eating fish, bugs, and crustations as they found them.  They were commonly fished for and considered a delicacy by the local indiginous tribes due to their size.  This was before pollution, invasion of fish into their habitats, and land development reduced their lakes to a few dirty canals.  Now they are practically extinct in the wild.  Our captive bred populations can never return there, since they have been hybridized and bred for a couple of hundred years away from their wild cousins.  They no longer share the same genetic codes.  We have more color variety and they have adapted to being spoiled as pets.  Axolotls retain their neonate natures, usually, and stay in their aquatic state for their entire lives. This gives them their unique appearance and quirky smiling faces.  They make great pets and can achieve lengths of 10-14 inches as adults and live on average between 10-15 years.  Babies grow about an inch a month until they reach about a year old.  Boys and girls start differentiating themselves between 9-18 months.  They can be very personable and will often be trained to take food right from your hand.