Okay so for one this isn't my axolotl it's my brother's, but just in case this is a flag for concern I wanted to make sure by asking here.
The axie is still pretty young, maybe about half the size of a fully grown one or a little bigger, it's nice and fat too. Yesterday I noticed two things with it; first, it couldn't walk around without its back end floating it nearly upside down. Thankfully the tank has a lot of things that it can go under to keep itself from floating, it just seemed almost a bit frustrated to me that it couldn't walk where it wanted to. I asked my brother and he said it is normally like that, which concerned me a bit, but I don't know if that is after or before it eats. It's fed a block of frozen bloodworms I think, every day which the pet store said to use. The tank is fine for cold, seeing as its cold here in Canada and it lives in the basement in his room. The water also looks very clear. Is this a normal occurrence for juveniles? Should we massage its belly? Change it's food? I will have to check when I get back to see if it's still floating before it's fed.
Also: it has a lump at the base of its tail. If it was a Leopard Gecko, I would clearly recognize it as a male, but it could be poop or something? I didn't get a close look. Does that mean it's a male?
The axie is still pretty young, maybe about half the size of a fully grown one or a little bigger, it's nice and fat too. Yesterday I noticed two things with it; first, it couldn't walk around without its back end floating it nearly upside down. Thankfully the tank has a lot of things that it can go under to keep itself from floating, it just seemed almost a bit frustrated to me that it couldn't walk where it wanted to. I asked my brother and he said it is normally like that, which concerned me a bit, but I don't know if that is after or before it eats. It's fed a block of frozen bloodworms I think, every day which the pet store said to use. The tank is fine for cold, seeing as its cold here in Canada and it lives in the basement in his room. The water also looks very clear. Is this a normal occurrence for juveniles? Should we massage its belly? Change it's food? I will have to check when I get back to see if it's still floating before it's fed.
Also: it has a lump at the base of its tail. If it was a Leopard Gecko, I would clearly recognize it as a male, but it could be poop or something? I didn't get a close look. Does that mean it's a male?