My axolotls Guessing game

[nathan]

ok these are my two axies now u have
to guess which one is the male
an which one is the female i
think it is obvious.

 

[anne-marie]

Hey, your wildtype has crazy colouring like mine does!!! Check him out, thats him at the front of the pic -

 

[nathan]

it could be because we both live in wa

 

[nathan]

my one is darker than yours
it's like a cross Between the
light one in front and the dark
one behind it and it's a lot
Fatter. so are you going to Guess.

 

[nathan]

They aren’t very good shots
of my axies I have since
fiddled the camera and got some
better shots here they are:

 

[anne-marie]

Can't guess really unless you get shots of the vital sexy bits underneath. The only other indicator is the belly but this is not reliable - using just this method, your crazy wildie is a girl.

The shot I posted is quite light and the gold really stands out, but when I look at crazy Quetzal in ordinary light, he looks almost exactly the same as yours. Its spooky! Right down to having a funny yellow patch on the skin. Quetzal got much yellower/golder over time and yours might too.

Also, there are heaps of us west aussies on this forum and I have yet to see any that put me in mind of Quetzal - except yours!!

(Message edited by waltona on June 05, 2005)

 

[nathan]

nope i don't think she has
much more time to get
lighter she is very old around 13

 

[anne-marie]

13! Thats interesting. Have you noticed any colour changes over the time you have had her? Mines about 9 now and there has been a marked colour change over the last 2-3 years. And it was a girl then?? Whats her name.

 

[nathan]

I have grown a bit more of
her since being on this site
it's not the most common
shade of wiled type.

 

[anne-marie]

Hang on a minute! "I have grown a bit more of
her..." Does that mean that you have bred her, or shes gotten bigger? Another question

, if she is 13, it says on your profile that you are 13 - have you just got her from someone or were you childhood companions

?

 

[nathan]

Yes a girl and the other ones a
boy happy couple although she
is a cradle snatcher. Her name
I have not yet decided neither for
the boy lol got any ideas. and no
real dramatic color changes she may have got a tad darker.

 

[nathan]

O yes 13 what was i thinking more like 9

 

[nathan]

i was 6 when i got her

 

[nathan]

what do you mean in the Question about breading her

 

[anne-marie]

Have I got any ideas for names - Oh No not again

(See axie free for all/Names please...you decide).

So, if your axies 9 and my axies 9 and they look pretty darn similar - I think we got ourselves a brother and sister pair!! How Cute!!!!

Heres another pic for comparison (and cos I got nothing better to do right now)

 

[anne-marie]

From your post "I have grown a bit more of
her since being on this site
it's not the most common
shade of wiled type."

I wasn't sure what "grown a bit more of her" meant is all. Could have meant that she bred with another axy at some stage and you raised 'em. That there's hard work.

 

[nathan]

i have bread her before but
she hasn't had any babies
recently i was thinking it
may be because of her age?

 

[anne-marie]

Hmm, I wish. Quetzal bred last year, only just got rid of all the offspring. Course, I had to keep some.

 

[nathan]

on every try the babies died
after the fist 2 weeks or so
but i am much more confident now.
(if she can make more babies)

 

[anne-marie]

The two most important things is appropriate live food for the hatchlings and daily water changes if kept in buckets, crates etc. It takes a whole lotta time and money actually for the live food. Makes me panic just thinking about it.