Question: Colouring, transparency, juvenile age vs. size

[LeucisticLuna]

Hello,

I have some questions about juvies, growth and colouring. My specific lotl is a 4 mth old GFP leucistic (parents were GFP Wildtype and GFP Melanoid). If you have any advice/ photos on what to expect for colouring as it grows let me know!

-At what point to juveniles stop being see through?

-At approximately what age do leucistic animals tend to start showing "freckles"? Will they be black and yellow or both?

-Are we all 100% confident that my axie won't eat until it explodes? Because I have yet to see it quit because it's full, and it looks full to me for sure ha ha. It was the largest in it's batch of 43 babies, I swear I can see it growing.

-What is the average size at 1 year old?

-Are all measurements people discuss on here of the entire axolotl? (body + tail)

-Do male or females seem to grow faster? I know in the end females tend to be wider

Thanks in advance!

 

[LSuzuki]

I'm not sure when they stop being see-through - never thought to watch for that. :happy:

Freckles are a fickle thing ... they come and go. By that age, some have freckles. Yellow freckles usually aren't noticeable.

I have not heard of an axie eating until it explodes.:happy: Feed it as much as it wants to eat, just don't leave leftovers.

At 1 year, they are pretty near their full adult size, so maybe around 9". But yours may be bigger or smaller.

Yes, length includes the tail, unlike "fish" standard measuring.

I don't know if there is a growth rate difference. If there is, that might explain why I have more males than females, since I tend to keep larger babies from the batches of eggs I raise.

 

[LeucisticLuna]

I won't lie- I am concerned that being able to see the intestines is going to turn me into a worry factory! I need to not be able to see organs, stat. Little weirdos haha

I kind of want him/her to have freckles. Not like it matters, but there are some really neat freckle patterns on here and I dig it.

I am comforted by hearing there are no pre-exsisting exploding juvies. I don't know if mine is capable of leaving leftovers. Half a jumbo bloodworm cube a day, huge full belly and in 15-20 minutes there is not a shred of anything left. I'm willing to up it if suggested?

How big is your biggest? Any photos?

Thanks again for all your help!

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[NaterPotater]

My leucistic developed gray freckles at about 7 months old.

 

[LoriML]

My female started getting some grey specks on her face around a year or so. They continue to get a little more pronounced as she gets older, but they're not black like of the true "freckled" leucistics I've seen.