caitlinwalton
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My year old axolotl was raised on freeze-dried worms, which I was hand feeding him. A few months ago I realized they aren't the healthiest option, so I tried switching up his diet. First to frozen worms, then live earthworms (which I am rinsing thoroughly and cutting into small portions). Now, suddenly, he won't eat. Anything I try to feed by hand, even in desperation his old staple of dried worm-cubes, he completely ignores, and while he initially gets excited by the live worms and eats them off the tongs, he always spits them out soon after. I'm getting very worried as he is losing weight and I have run out of food ideas. He's had sand as a substrate his whole life. I have never kept him on gravel or put small, swallowable items in his tank, so I can't imagine him being impacted. The tank temperature has always been kept around 68 degrees. He is still as active as he's ever been. I can't think of anything else that would have caused this sudden change. He hasn't eaten a meal in almost three weeks now.. Any advice you have you be appreciated, I'm so worried for my little fella