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Is Axel a boy or a girl

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Is my axolotl a boy or a girl? I have been told before it looked like a girl but i am not sure.
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I would say girl, but im not sure without a full shot of the body to see if it looks like it has eggs inside it and a top view for the same reason.
 
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Looks female to me,can I advise removing the gravel from your tank though as it can be dangerous to axies if swallowed.
 
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If i left the gravel in there would it be ok because it has been living in this tank for nearly a year now.
 
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It is a possibility. The rocks would clog up its digestive system and slowly kill it. I would take out the gravel. Its safer that way. You don't wana make it suffer for your enjoyment
 
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I want to take out the gravel but my parents don't want me to, they just say it is fine.
 
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Some of axel's toes are black and some of them are white what does this mean?
 
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He is maturing. Tell your parents that he will die painfully if he eats to much. See what they say to that
 
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alex

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hi stephen.
if your parents have any doubts, let them see this, im sure they will understand the situation.
if i were you id siphon out the gravel, and put in sand instead.
to put the gravel into perspective, its like someone puts stones in your food, but you have 2 broken arms in casts, so you cant pick them out, and so you just have to eat them. eventually no other food is able to pass through coz your digestive system is so clogged up. i bet you can imagine its not a very nice way to die!!
anyway, good luck with your axie
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jay

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I would say that is an old photo from when he first got his axie and his tank had gravel. After all most of us had gravel when we first got them.
 
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alex

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hi
yea, it was, i first got my axolotls, and they were in a 3 foot tank, however, it developed a leak, so they went in an old fish tank. i didnt have any substrate so i foolishly got gravel from my fish tanks.
now i know not to have gravel, but thanks for pointing that out, il get it changed right away.
 
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i changed from gravel to sand. my axolotl is much happer as he can dig around and shove his plants all over the place. and i dont have to worry about when he misses his food and eating a stone when he strikes at it.

(ps old photo)
 
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