Well here is Petal

[helen]

This is my Petal, im assuming she is a girl but as she will be on her own it doesnt really matter
however I should really know i guess!

 

[bruce]

wow he/she looks like really beautiful and healthy axolotl

 

[luke]

wow she looks like my Rosa. Does she have little black claws?

 

[helen]

Yes Luke, she has little black claws.
she looks rather fat as she had just eaten a nice worm.

 

[sherrisixxx]

Petal looks lovely and lively. I bet she is a very active axolotl! Is she grown up yet? Awww, and just look at all that gorgeous orange hair

 

[sarah]

Doesn't black claws indicate its a boy not a girl?

 

[helen]

Im not sure but my gut feeling says shes a girl however she eats like a shark when i hand her a poor little worm!! she is 20cm long.

 

[helen]

Actually Petal has a rather significant cloacal lump at base of tail on the 2nd photo, does this help determine her gender??

 

[anna]

There is a bit of a lump there but its a bit hard to see properly. I think the black toes indicate the onset of sexual maturity. I think. Someone correct me if im wrong on that tho. My Gold one has black toes and my Olive one has white toes.

 

[leanne]

Yes you are right, black toe-tips indicate sexual maturity----and a noticeable "swollen" cloaca indicates that Petal is a Mr. Petal.

 

[vanessa]

i think ur axie is definatley a girl...cause of the roundness of her belly..and because if she was a guy there would be a bigger lump evident in the photos...a 20cm axies is usually big enough to tell what gender they are

 

[joan]

I'll chime in and say I vote for Girl. The cloacal lump is not big, and the belly is round. Remember that even females have a small swelling of the cloaca at sexual maturity.

 

[helen]

Thanks, Ill get a closeup photo in a sec and then we can have a better looksee!!

 

[sherrisixxx]

I think Petal is a girl

 

[alex]

What a beautiful little girl! She seems very happy in her new home. I love the pearl by the way ^.^!


This was how it was with my leopard geckos, is it the same with Axies? When you get a male for the first time you are always surprised at how big their cloaca is, that's when you realize you can never mistake the two!

 

[brooke]

Awe!

Petal looks like my Mr.El Fonzo, but mine is a stick compared to yours ^^;

Very Pretty indeed

 

[stewart]

If the axie is lighter in colour then the towes will go black when its sexualy mature. If the axie is darker in colour then the towes will go white when its sexualy mature.

 

[drew]

cuit axies