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Both mine and my girlfriend's axolotls came from the same litter and both are about 4.5 inches (11.5cm) in length.
I noticed that the legs on my girlfriends are fairly long and well grown compared to the body. My guy seems to have legs almost half the size. Is there any reason for this difference in leg growth or is it just dependent on each axolotl?

I'm just curious. Seemed like an interesting thing to me.
 
They will grow faster depending on how you feed and treat your axie
Even if they are from thesame litter they could have been cannabalized from their legs and your girlfriends axie may have a slight headstart
Anyways, just make sure it has all it's fingers and it will be fine :)

Cheers
 
To summarize what Icarez said, some grow faster due to genetics. It can also be due to the way they are fed. Or it could be that once, the legs were eaten by another axie, and regenerated a little shorter.
 
or are half way through regenerating :D

some are just different. I've never seen two axolotls who look the same
 
alright, well it must be genetics then. Both are fed similarly and when we got them(approx 1in or 2.4cm) their legs were the same length. Then again, they were just these buds at the time. :p

Just curious about it. Thanks everyone.
 
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