Do axolotls usually change colour?

Hey guys.

Just wondering if anyone has ever had an axolotl that has changed colour?

When I got my axolotl she was black, but she's slowly turning golden. It's exciting. I thought she was ill at first, but there's nothing wrong with her at all it seems. Has anyone else's axolotl changed colour?

Here's some pictures.

Your axolotl is so cute! And that is quite a dramatic change!

I know that young juveniles tend to change colours as they grow. I've brought adult axolotls home from the pet store and they've slowly changed colours, nothing as drastic as yours though.
I have a copper (red tinted eyes) that was quite a dark brownish colour which has slowly become lighter and lighter and she now has lighter yellowy spots that are now much more obvious than they were before.
Another of mine is quite a grey colour with dark spots and she seems to be taking on a bit of an olive-y tinge recently.

Do axolotls change colours depending on their environments? I think a fair few types of fish do...and possibly diet could play a part too. I know my copper was fed on mealworms and things like that at the pet store and I now feed her earthworms. I know that albinos can turn yellow from riboflavins in their diet as well... hmmm..

I have heard in other threads that it is normal for wild-types especially to make dramatic colour changes when kept in different coloured environments - such as yours appearing to lighten due perhaps to the white sand.

And wow, what a change ! Great pictures !

This happened to me, I made a thread about it about a year ago.

My wild type, similar coloured to yours (greyish and speckly) turned golden, but now he's nearly leucistic colour! It's very strange.

My wildtype has gone the other way + got a lot darker (almost black, except for her pale tummy + irridiophores) but I assumed that it was what happened with wildtypes