Not losing weight

[sjbrays]

My axolotl is just over a year old. He (I presume he's male) would quite happily eat a medium sized worm a day (or more if offered). I stopped daily feeds about a month ago as he was looking a bit chunky (plus advice seems to be to cut down feeds at a year old). He's since been on 2 medium worms a week (one fed mid week and 1at the weekend). He hasn't lost any weight in this time and still has a head bigger than his body. He had a month over Sumner during the heat wave when he didn't eat, his weight didn't drop then either. Should I just stick to his current diet and assume he's just a chunky dude? He's active enough and doesn't appear to be suffering from anything (apart from extreme hunger).
Pic attached so you can let me know your thoughts. It's hard to get a pic showing his head/body ratio.

 

[wolfen]

would you be able to take a full body length photo as I'm not sure he is a he as although the cloaca is slightly pronounce it is shaped more like for a female then a male which would also explain the additional girth.

 

[axolotl nerd]

My axolotl is just over a year old. He (I presume he's male) would quite happily eat a medium sized worm a day (or more if offered). I stopped daily feeds about a month ago as he was looking a bit chunky (plus advice seems to be to cut down feeds at a year old). He's since been on 2 medium worms a week (one fed mid week and 1at the weekend). He hasn't lost any weight in this time and still has a head bigger than his body. He had a month over Sumner during the heat wave when he didn't eat, his weight didn't drop then either. Should I just stick to his current diet and assume he's just a chunky dude? He's active enough and doesn't appear to be suffering from anything (apart from extreme hunger).
Pic attached so you can let me know your thoughts. It's hard to get a pic showing his head/body ratio.

he looks to be a dwarf to me, that or he has a spine issue.

 

[sjbrays]

would you be able to take a full body length photo as I'm not sure he is a he as although the cloaca is slightly pronounce it is shaped more like for a female then a male which would also explain the additional girth.

It's a bit hard when he/she constantly faces forward wanting food. Here's the best I could get.

 

[sjbrays]

he looks to be a dwarf to me, that or he has a spine issue.

I hope there isn't a spine issue.
How do you know if he/she is a dwarf. He's about 7 inches long in a 145litre tank (which my son has filled with decorations).

 

[AMurry24537]

Maybe try a top-down photo? From these pictures, the body proportions look rather squat, indicating that it could be a dwarf, but it could just be camera/water distortions. You could also look up some photos of dwarf axolotls and compare them to tours in person.

 

[sjbrays]

I hope there isn't a spine issue.
How do you know if he/she is a dwarf. He's about 7 inches long in a 145litre tank (which my son has filled with decorations).

 

[axolotl nerd]

there looks to be a kinked spine at the tail, but i don't foresee that causing any real problems in terms of health. i do believe him/her to be a dwarf, given the body proportions coupled with the kinked tail