Surprise eggs - looking for guidance

[Nukleopatra]

Hello. So a couple of days ago I cleaned my two, 6 year old (what I thought to be female) axolotls’ tank and discovered approximately 30 or so eggs! I salvaged as many as I could and have kept them in a small container. It’s been about 3 days and some went cloudy coloured and looked “empty” inside. I discarded these this morning and left now with about 11 or so eggs that potentially look ok? First of all - is it common for a Axolotl to produce eggs unfertilised ? Especially after 6 years of nothing? If these are fertilised eggs, can someone tell me if the remainder look ok by my photo ? Bit confused as to how long to leave them there and when I should be noticing a change. There are some dark ones and then some dark with now white colouring on the outside which I don’t know whether is because they’re going bad or they’re meant to go through this process.
Thank you!

 

[Egghead]

If female axolotles lay eggs without a male they will not be fertile and be in smaller amounts. Also Is your female housed with a male?

 

[Nukleopatra]

If female axolotles lay eggs without a male they will not be fertile and be in smaller amounts. Also Is your female housed with a male?

Well I thought they were *both* female. Neither show any signs of being male. And after 6 years would have thought it would happen by now. Makes me suspect it’s an infertile batch then.

 

[Bellabelloo]

his link is really useful, as is the rest of the site for other help. Axolotls - Rearing from Egg to Adult

One of your axolotl is male, if you'd like us to identify him add some photos ideally of them from the side and above

 

[melfly]

I had a male and female together and she only ever laid once after about 6 years. As far as I'm aware they only lay fertile eggs.

 

[The triplets]

The fertile eggs I’ve had are white and uniform. Can I ask what the eggs where like when you found them, like where they stuck to rocks or eachother or just floating lose in the tank?

I don’t think axolotl lay infertile eggs or retain sperm but I’m not an expert. I do know how to take care of the momma after though.

If her tank mate is being nippy seperate them for a few day to give them a chance to calm down and make sure the others not male. I usually keep the area darker and quieter and give the momma some extra food after giving birth. I do these to not stress her out more and give her time to relax. The big part is the extra food usually since they lose a lot of energy and weight with birth and they can get pretty weak. Haha. Don’t give her a ton just make sure she eats and add a eatra bit of worm, fish or pellet (whatever you use) to the diet.