#axolotl buyer & seller beware

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Meet my new special pet, Tinker Bell, a dwarf high iridophore golden albino aka “sunburst” unsexed juvenile/sub adult axolotl! My 3 years old daughter (Lucy) asked me if that’s an angel? Awh!! She literally makes my heart melt...🤟🏻💛

A little story about my Tinker Bell:

*with the customer’s permission for me to use her photos for this story.*

The customer (not mine) wasn’t being informed about a dwarf at the time of purchase and she has zero knowledge of the dwarf axolotls. She paid a full price (could have gotten two for that price) and a “big” seller lied to her about the age. Tinker Bell being a 3 month old and at 4.5” is impossible for a dwarf quoted by an experienced dwarf owner.

So with that being said, Tinker Bell looks pretty older based on the length of thick gill frills which indicates that Tinker Bell is absolutely older than 3 months. If I had to guess then possibly at least 8 months or older. Tinker Bell’s photos have been examined by several other reputable breeders and they all agreed that it’s an older dwarf axolotl. Not a “baby” repeatedly quoted by a “big” seller to the customer that it’s a baby (3 months old) axolotl.

The customer asked for a non dwarf high iridophore golden albino axolotl and it was a private sale because Tinker Bell wasn’t being listed on the website at the time. Go figures. The customer knew something was a bit off and thought it was the angles of that photo. Again, she has no knowledge of the dwarfs and only own axolotls for a year. She was being declined for a full refund and ignored until at the very last minute that she finally got her partial refund back, but should have gotten a full price no matter what due to seller’s unethical breeding practices.

Yet, the customer was absolutely humble and very professional the whole time she does really handle this whole situation very impressive for someone who isn’t a breeder. The big breeder lacks in the customer service. Unprofessional and unethical breeding practices. Misleading and lying as well. The way a big breeder gave a horrible advice about dwarfs is bad enough already. Not only that, but a big breeder chooses not to educate the customer about a dwarf is making me very sad to know what kind of a big breeder is. As someone from the axolotl beware group made a very good point and stated that,

“You can just rehome the axolotl on Craigslist in your area if you’re not able to care for the baby, or donate to it to a pet store- what the fuck? She’s basically telling you to drop a special needs animal on the side of the road. Resolution or not, that’s horrible advice for a dwarf.”

It truly shows her true colors.

I reached out to the customer and offered to pay a full original price for Tinker Bell simply because I felt sorry for the customer and I did it in order for her not to lose a little faith in the humanity. The customer could have charged me a full or half price plus she paid it out of her own pocket for the express shipping to me. Absolute nice and she obviously cares for my Tinker Bell with no questions!

- As someone quoted that giving something up is so hard but it speaks volumes that the customer were able to recognize that Tinker Bell (dwarf axolotl) would be able to thrive best somewhere else. To me? This customer handled it way better than a “big” seller did at this point. But then after seeing the customer’s bad experience/situation with the big seller and I definitely look at her differently now.

If you are interested in learning more about this customer and the big breeder’s story then join in the Facebook group, Axolotl Buyer & Seller Beware (1K+ members)

Feel free to send me a private message if you want to know the name of a big breeder or read everything in the beware group. This “big” breeder also tried to ship an axolotl to an illegal state. There are a couple of separate posts from two different customers. Spread the awareness and you will save a lot of the future axolotl owners from the heartbreaking or losing their hard working money to this “big” seller.

I am so honored that this person to entrusted me with Tinker Bell and choose me as a stable good home for Tinker Bell. She will be rotten spoiled by me and my family. Definitely will have a long good life with us while she can!

Tinker Bell basically is the main reason why my team and I got so inspired to create a new group for the Facebook, “Little Axolotl, Big World (Oddballs, Minis & Dwarfs” as the goal is to have fun, and learn about their special needs. Get a better community together. To better education and understand the care of these wonderful babies. Have a dwarf, mini or oddball of your own? Or just love axolotls? Feel free to join us!!

***(Never breeding the dwarf axolotls. I don’t breed dwarfs and it would be a cherished pet only. It would need to be either kept with similar sized axolotls or in its own tank. Dwarf axolotls are a genetic anomaly and more of people breeding them to get cute, tiny axolotls. Please don’t do this. More deformities and so many health issues. Causes more stress on an already compromised system and shorter lives. Not all dwarfs are short lived as long as they are being treated with the right care. If you do have dwarfs then please don’t attempt to breed them and try to love them for the rest of their lives just like with my pet dwarf, Tinker Bell.)***

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