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Old 8th November 2005   #1 (permalink)
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Hey Guys, Lulu has stopped eating. Its been 4 days now (not panicking yet) but she doesnt seem to want to open her mouth. She moves her head for the food but cant or wont open her mouth. I dont have rocks in my tank that she can swallow or anything else, the only thing i can think of is maybe one of the tiny snails that have hitched a ride into my tank on some plants. They are only about 5mm in length and would be very easy to swallow but i'm not sure how they would get stuckClick the image to open in full size. has anyone experienced this sort of thing before? i'm going home to remove her from the tank, im just getting worried because she is just so skinny (also whats a good food source to "fatten" axie's up a bit)
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Old 8th November 2005   #2 (permalink)
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Don't stress too much about 4 days without food - my 10 yr old male axie went about five weeks without food once.

If you keep offering a variety of food she should eat sooner or later - I find prawns are always accepted, naturally. I guess you've checked the water parameters and all that.

As an aside, when my axies are harbouring fertilised eggs they're generally not interested in food, but I guess 4 days is too long for this to be case.
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Old 8th November 2005   #3 (permalink)
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she did eat a worm and 1 pellet last night but this morning, she'd thrown it back up. she seems more alert now, ill just have to keep trying!
thanks for the help
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Old 8th November 2005   #4 (permalink)
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How old is she?
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Old 9th November 2005   #5 (permalink)
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about 18 months - 2 yrs to my best guess?
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Old 10th November 2005   #6 (permalink)
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Hmmm Lulu ate again last night but threw it back up, but she also threw up green stuff it looks like tiny little bits of mould, there was about 10 little bits that came up with the worm. she did eat a pellet and that seems to have stayed down but has anything happened like this to anyone before?(the throwing up green stuff) any suggestions? if there is something wrong its obviously internalClick the image to open in full size.
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Are there plants in your tank Hailz? If so it could have been that she ate the plants, got sick and threw them up.
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mmmm i didnt think of that, she normally doesnt eat them but im wondering if maybe she has grabbed them by accident whilst eating.....lets hope thats what it isClick the image to open in full size.
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yes that would be better than her being sick.
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My axolotls tend to bite anything near while they're eating. That's why I'm glad I have silk plants. I did witness an axolotl eat significant amounts of elodea before finally figuring out that it wasn't worm. Since axolotls aren't suited for digesting plant material, these would either come up or out as green specks.
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So i was probably right.
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Jordan, how old are you?
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