Swollen Cloaca!

[miguelmannao29]

Hi my axos cloaca is swollen in a pale red colour.. should i be worried? i have read about this but there are mixed answers to this question.. some says its axolotl puberty others says red foot symptoms... he is eating well on a pelleted diet, no substrate except a couple of pebbles (big pebbles) and a few plastic plants, he lives with another axolotl, he is exactly 1 year old...

last night i found some weird jelly like substance.. spermatophores? im really not sure.. can anyone fill me up with answers?

sorry the pics are a bit blurry, he wouldnt stay still

 

[Bdyoung]

It looks just like a male struttin' his stuff. If he maintains an appetite and acting normal I wouldn't be worried about it.

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[Tephra]

I agree with the above. When a male is sexually active, his cloaca increases to almost double in size, and his gills will be very red, he will also move around a lot as opposed to just sitting dormant.

Males can also strut their stuff even when no females are around.

I wouldn't worry.

 

[miguelmannao29]

Thanks for the replies guys, yeh his gills are red and upright, im so glad to hear that its not serious or constipation or anything bad

 

[miguelmannao29]

hey guys, just here to tell yous that my tank is now full of eggs

 

[emmyk]

Congrats! You have grandchildren! Haha are you going to be selling the eggs, or raising them then selling juvies?

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[miguelmannao29]

think ill raise just a couple i will probably have to sell most of them as i dont have that much time to take care of all 10000 of them

 

[emmyk]

....how many do you have?! Haha

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[miguelmannao29]

hhaah im guessing 200 theyve already had thyre 2nd batch aswell

 

[miguelmannao29]

11 days later the eggs have now developed into tiny little axolotls. I have sold most of the eggs now and now left with ~22 eggs, im planning on raising them then selling them as juveniles... what do you guys think? here are some pics