Extremely skinny axolotl

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I have two axolotls and I've been worried about one of them for a while now. He's very very skinny, at first I thought it could have been because the other one was eating his food (Sinking carnivore pellets and worms) when I dropped them in so I made sure to drop them by his mouth to make sure he eats it, and then wait until he's finished to give him another pellet or worm chunk. I've been doing this for two weeks and it seems like he's only gotten skinnier. I remember a good reference for their size was try to make sure their bodies are roughly the same size as their heads but this little guy's body is less than half of that. He's been eating his food, I just didn't know if there could be any other problem I'm not aware of, like if he's sick or not. I feed them both about 4-5 pellets now as they've been getting longer roughly every 3-4 days. Does anyone have any idea what I can do for him?
 
I have two axolotls and I've been worried about one of them for a while now. He's very very skinny, at first I thought it could have been because the other one was eating his food (Sinking carnivore pellets and worms) when I dropped them in so I made sure to drop them by his mouth to make sure he eats it, and then wait until he's finished to give him another pellet or worm chunk. I've been doing this for two weeks and it seems like he's only gotten skinnier. I remember a good reference for their size was try to make sure their bodies are roughly the same size as their heads but this little guy's body is less than half of that. He's been eating his food, I just didn't know if there could be any other problem I'm not aware of, like if he's sick or not. I feed them both about 4-5 pellets now as they've been getting longer roughly every 3-4 days. Does anyone have any idea what I can do for him?
What are you water parameters? Ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, pH? How large is your tank? temperature? How old are your axolotls? can you attach photos of them and your setup, that can help diagnose if there my be something else going on.
 
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