Puberty & Feeding Times, help!

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I got my first leucistic female axolotl! I think she is so fascinating! However, I got her from someone else who bought her from this site and I have a few questions. My axolotl is supposedly a year old sometime this month and she is 6.5 inches long. She has no markings on her toes for signs of puberty. So when does this happen? Also, I feed her live earthworms, but how often am I supposed to be feeding her? I have heard every day, every other day, or 2 or 3 times a week. Help!!! Please?
 
over 6 inches i think you should feed her every other day and how big are the worms
 
Apparently the darkened toes aren't a reliable measure of how old an axie is, as it can set in way before or even after they have already reached maturity.
 
At a year old, she's probably sexually mature. With females it can be hard to tell because they don't get the enlarged cloaca that males get.
 
The worms are medium sized, they aren't huge and plump and they're not small either.
 
Thank you all for the information! I am also wondering, if they're at a year, is it okay now to introduce another axolotl? I heard if you do juveniles in a tank together, it's not okay because they're in the cannibalistic stage.
 
The only issue I've heard of with adding another axolotl is to make sure they are about the same size so that way one doesn't eat the other. One thing to consider is your tank size, you'll want a big enough tank so they both have enough room and hides. Also, for the cannibalistic stage I heard that is more a how the owner cares for them, so long as they are well fed and cared for most people on here do not seem to have this problem. Hopefully that helps. :)
 
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