Just wondering..

AGreenDarkness · Jul 16, 2008

Hello again,
I am just wondering if it is possible for axolotls to have different colored eyes?
Squishy is an leucistic as you can tell from all the pictures I have posted lately, but my mom pointed out recently that it looks as though Squish has one brown eye with a bright reflective ring around it and one blue eye that has a smaller reflective ring around it.
I was just wondering if I am crazy and seeing things or if Axies really do sometimes have monochromatic eyes (I think thats the right word for it)

Thanks for any information you can give me. If she was a little bigger I could maybe get a better picture but right now its just a blur when I try to get up close to her eye.

blueberlin · Jul 18, 2008

I have seen pictures of axolotls with different colored eyes.

-Eva

AGreenDarkness · Jul 18, 2008

Oh cool, maybe I am not insane. I am gonna try to get a good pictures unfortunately she has decided it is really not important to sit still..ever

ianclick · Jul 19, 2008

Hi

Its not common but it does happen

AGreenDarkness · Jul 19, 2008

Ok yet another dumb question from me...how many toes are axolotls supposed to have on their hind legs? right now I am counting six on one foot and five on the other, as soon as I tried to take a picture of the one with six toes she swam behind her rock and is now pretending I don't exist.. I am not sure if she has an extra one or is missing one but I am almost positive it should be five toes on her hind legs. So when I counted six i felt strange...help?

naymo · Jul 19, 2008

Hey there,
Its quite okay and common for axies to have a few less and a few more toes then normal. This is due to either them not developing their "correct" amount of toes or due to some being bitten off previously, they do grow back and this alone can sometimes result in more toes than expected. Its also quite normal for axies to miss lother bits and pieces due to getting bitten off, but if yyou give them a lot of TLC, the limbs and apppendages should grow back in now time. =)

AGreenDarkness · Jul 19, 2008

Ok thank you! I was just shocked because it seems every time I turn around I see something else that is strange haha. But I did notice her toes because they are started to turn black on the ends, I think this means she is becoming sexually active? Which brings up another thing, I am beginning to think "she" is a "he" because there seems to be blob growing in between "her" legs. Ha this is all so confusing, hopefully when s/he gets older I won't be posting every two minutes about something strange I have seen. Thanks again, I really hope I can get a picture of her little 6th toe.

ianclick · Jul 19, 2008

Hi ,

Normally 4 toes on front feet and 5 on the back but as naymo says due to regeneration of injuries more can and do grow I have one axie with 6 front toes

AGreenDarkness · Jul 19, 2008

Oh your axie with 6 front toes must be adorable! It is really strange because it does look like there is a toe growing on top of one of her back toes and all the other ones are starting to get black nails where she is becoming sexually active except the extra one which is very tinny and has gone un noticed for like a month and a half ha.

ianclick · Jul 19, 2008

Actually it looks kind of weird

The two extra toes point upwards at about 90 degrees to the normal ones but he is an aixe with lots of character and it all adds to the picture. I will see if he will hold still long enough for a clear photo.

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