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Its a boy!!

nzgirl87

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I have not put a post up on here for a few weeks! i have had my axo's for a long while now and have had no issues at all! (except not eating when first got one of them)

My wild type was bigger then my golden when i got it and i thought they were both girls but after watching and waiting for my golden to grow some more (as my wildtype is quite big compared) turns out goldy is a boy! o no haha.

Has this happened to anyone else out there??

i was just wondering if axo's have a preferred breeding time of year and if anything special needs to be done if you want them to breed?

i am not fussed on if they ever do or not but i want to be prepared for when it happens

and is it true females are bigger then males and have wider heads etc im pretty sure ones a boy and others a girl (bump and no bump by tail)
 

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:p ha, yes sometimes it takes a little while for males to "fill out." I took mine a while... thought it was female for the longest time. Then 'bam' its a male! :D

Breeding usually happens when the seasons change... spring and sometimes in the fall. When the daylight changes and temperatures.... those set off breeding instincts.

Females are usually wider than males... their tummies are plumper because of the eggs (usually as fat as their heads are wide). Males are long and lanky in most cases and have that bigger 'bump.'
 
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