What sex?

[Spartacus]

I'm just not sure which sex one of my axies is, all the others are obviously girls, but I'm not sure about this one. Please help!

 

[Greatwtehunter]

Looks female to me. How old/big is it?

 

[Spartacus]

Darn! It's about 23cms, hasn't grown at all over the last wee while. Its getting around a year old but I can't be certain. It was a good 12+ cms when I got it, back in lateMay - June last year. It's the largest of my axolotls.
What rotten luck that 4/4 axies are females
Do you think its a definite female or just possibly?

 

[Greatwtehunter]

At that size and age it's a pretty sure thing. I can't get the picture to enlarge so I can get a real good look but it definitely looks female to me.

Are your other females the same age?

 

[Spartacus]

They are all around the same, a few months between them, but the one in the picture grew the fastest and is the largest.
All the others have fairly flat cloacas (is that right?) so I got quite hopeful that this one may be a boy. It's ironic because I refer to my axies as "my boys".
There goes my hopes of breeding them out the window.

 

[Greatwtehunter]

In a tank full of females I would expect the cloaca to be really bugling if it were male.

 

[Spartacus]

Ah well, thanks anyway. It's better to know than patiently wait for spermatophores that will never come. Thanks again