Axolotl not eating.. yet again.

[Melina]

Hello!

Probably most of you already know what happened.. but short story, my lotl got to the vet after that he got medicine and he can’t move his legs and all that. Ok so. Yesterday we had to force-feed him, wich he only ate a bit of. So we tried again today, but he won’t eat anything. He closes his mouthy every time we try to give him food and when we finally gave him food, he spit it out… Please help.

Are there any tricks of how to trick them into eating? Or do we have to keep on trying to force-feed?

 

[wolfen]

what food are you trying to feed him with?
as for force feeding, link.. FYI: - How to: Force feed an adult axolotl

 

[Melina]

what food are you trying to feed him with?
as for force feeding, link.. FYI: - How to: Force feed an adult axolotl

Since we had to think fast we mixed pellets with water and let them soak.

 

[wolfen]

will he eat any other food when placed in front of him?
sometimes axolotls are stubborn and won't eat until it is dark.

 

[Melina]

will he eat any other food when placed in front of him?
sometimes axolotls are stubborn and won't eat until it is dark.

Well, we tried putting some cut up worms in front of him, he did look at it but he did not eat it. The thing is whenever I try to feed him in the dark he’s either sleeping… or just not answering

 

[wolfen]

try bloodworm it seems to be an axolotl favourite, feed at night then clean up in the morning.
they do the majority of moving and hunting at night, being ambush predators they are mostly nocturnal, poor eyesight, excellent sense of smell and can detect electrical body movement in the water.