Good morning everyone!!
Boy is it hard to make time for social media when life is just as busy as it can possibly be!!
Guess what?! Over the weekend, we filled that last raised bed and made TWO MORE!! I'm so excited! We planted that last bed with a bunch of pepper and tomato seedlings that were ready and waiting.
'Where are the pictures?!', you ask... 'Where is the video?', you wonder...
Well, having the busy weekend we did, I had no time for photos then, and guess what? It is raining and gray and gross outside right now, so photos of that will have to wait.
However, I DO have photos of a cool new pet that @SnekLady has! Meet FRECKLE the axolotl!!
@SnekLady scrimped and saved and put together a lovely habitat for this crazy little beast.
Axolotls are cold water creatures, and need a temperature of mid to low 60's, which is not always easy to maintain here in south GA where it gets hot! She has it all set up though, with cooler fans for that purpose, and special filtration that doesn't cause too much water flow, (which can stress them out). I'm really proud of the research she has done and the fact that she has made sure to meet all of Freckle's needs no matter if that used up the money she had set aside for a camera for herself. She said, 'It is more important that Freckle is healthy and happy. I am responsible for her little life, and I can save up money and buy a camera later on.' ♥
Here is Freckle after @SnekLady added a sand substrate. (Freckle could not grip onto the glass floor, and was in danger of becoming stressed from that.)
You could tell she liked the substrate. She became more active and explored a lot more.
In case you are wondering, Freckle likes to eat blackworms, and also the red wigglers that we have growing in our worm composting bin outside. We are trying to get her to eat pelleted food as well, so she can eat that if we can't supply live foods for some reason, but so far she just spits it out. The stinker...
Thanks for stopping by to check out what we're up to! Do any of you Steemians out there also keep axolotls?
Have a fabulous day! ♥
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What a strange little creature! I thought at first is it a fish or is it a mouse, I've never heard of them!
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Haha!
Well, it is called an axolotl, also known as mexican walking fish. They are a kind of salamander that stays in the tadpole form for its entire life! So basically Freckle will always look like this, only she will get larger. :)
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I am scared of the ocean/lake/river as I know not much of the creatures inside, well apart that I am not a swimmer hahah
scary to think they have legs.
Freckle looks almost like a frog baby, no? Will it turn in color and size?
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Haha! Well, not much to be scared of here. She doesnt even have teeth. ;)
An axolotl is a kind of salamander that stays in its tadpole form for its entire life. So basically she will look like a funny pink tadpole with legs forever, and will just get bigger. They get about 8-12 inches long. :D
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Never in a million years lol. This goes on the discovery channel!
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Bah ha ha! :D
Its actually cuter and funner than I thought it would be. ;)
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A busy weekend is a good weekend, and that fish is so interesting and to me quite cute
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Thanks! :D It is such a funny little animal.
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Funny indeed but so unique I want one LOL
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I am definitely too busy to have more pets, but I admit, I kinda want one of my own too! :D
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LOL I am thinking of setting up a fish tank or two whenI retire and have more time,
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Good idea! I personally LOVE having fish tanks. Its a cool hobby. So many neat things you can do. :)
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Ohh Yes I had a couple of tanks a few years back, well decades back LOL, I had a big 300 Gallon Tank that i had in storage for many years that my long term goal was to set it up as a tropical tank, but n the endI had it sold off would not have been worth it to ship fromNZ to here
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Oh yeah, I bet shipping on a tank that huge would have been more than buying a new one...
My biggest is only 110gal, but someday I want a 300. I want to get a couple of clown knife fish. I used to have 2 that I inherited from someone getting rid of their 55, but of course, they get much too large for that, (3ft!)and I ended up selling them to a local fish store.
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I have never seen this before
So strange and yet kinda cute...
It reminds me of Toothless of How To Train Your Dragon...haha
@sneklady did great on research and the set up :)
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Haha it reminds me of that too!
Thanks! She did a fantastic job! ♥
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Have fun with Freckle....
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LOL She sure it! Freckle eats out of her hand and will crawl into and all over her hand too. :D
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Yike I'll stick to kitty cats :-)
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LOL!
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Thanks!!
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