Help with gender identification

SuperSteve

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Hello :happy:
I'm still a bit new to raising axolotls so still a bit unsure about a couple of my axolotls gender. I have a rough idea but also think I may have to change a couple of their names... :grin:
I've not been able to post good pictures up until now but my gf just got a new phone :happy:

Ok the first one is my albino. Pretty sure she's a female... She's about 2 and a half years old and 9 inches long.

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This is Athena, possibly the mother to my baby axolotls. Approx 2 years old, 9 inches long.

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This is Zeus (my favourite) :tongue: 1 year old, 9 inches long

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Medusa. 1 year old, 9 inches long.

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Morpheus. Probably the father to the babies. 1 and a half years old, 8 inches long.

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Caesar. Roughly 1 and a half years old, 8 inches long. The other possible mother to the babies.

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This is my golden one, nearly 1 year old, 7.5 inches.

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Last but not least, Timmy! 1 and a half years old and 7 inches long

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Any help would be appreciated. Need to know the sex so I can rearrange them into their different tanks without having to worry about accidentally breeding them. By the way they aren't actually living in the small tank in the photos, that was just to get a clear pic. Thanks- Steve-o
 
Albino #1, Athena, Caesar, Timmy, and maybe the golden are female.

The rest are boys, some quite obviously! It's easy when you can see the cloaca bulge on the sides from looking top-down; makes it a pretty sure bet.
 
Thanks :happy:
Wasn't sure about Caesar and Timmy they used to have a small bulge. Goody gumdrops I can name em properly now :D :happy: :D
 
I was a little on the fence about Timmy. I'd need some better pics. It's got the 'male' shaped belly, but no cloacal swelling.

I don't like to use the shape of the bottom of the cloaca, but instead how far it bulges out to the sides. Females are much narrower, with males usually wide enough to see from the top.

Also, all of them look fantastic! Well-fed, nice gills.
 
Thanks :happy:
Been feeding them a diet of maggots, mealworms and earthworms dug up from the garden but not so much the earthworms now because it's winter.
 
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