Female or just chubby

[Harpii]

Hi all, just a question about sex of axolotls. When we bought them they were around 5 months old and had black/white tips on their toes which I read is sigh of maturity but they tend to be a year before you can tell their sex? Well one of them has gotten very p plump, alto more so than the other two, could this mean lottie is a girl?

[Hayden]

Not necessarily. You can tell the sex by looking at the underside of the base of their tails. Males have a pronounced bulge while females are relatively smooth.

[Harpii]

Thank you for the reply but i know about the change to the cloacal but they are still to young, i was just curious if it was an indicator because they all get fed the same amount, or can some just gain weight and grow faster than others?

[Hayden]

Some just grow differently. If you are throwing food in and letting them free eat the large one may be eating more than the others and therefore growing faster.

[Harpii]

We feed them by hand so each one gets the same, she must just be bigger, its just a sudden growth spurt I guess :-)