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Trouble feeding axolotl?

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Hello, I've had my two axolotls for a few years and i'm having problems feeding my smaller one. I've tried night crawlers and small worms, but he spits them out later. I recently tried pellets but i think both my axolotls ignore them. he eats brine shrimp but it never seems that hes able to eat enough, the freeze dried makes a big mess and unfortunately so does the frozen. Please help, i don't know what to do anymore :(
 
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He's 6 inches, the bloodworms usually gave me the same issues the brine shrimp do
I only tried meal worms when i first got them, but they would normally spit them out
 
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Try putting a dish in the tank. get a turkey Baster and suck up the dethawed frozen bloodworms or brine shrimp and put them in the dish, no mess and he can eat whenever he decides


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What substrate do you keep him on? He might be having digestion problems?
 
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I just recently put a sand subrate in their tank (i think it was Estes sand?)
This has been an issue before that though
I may try the crickets, but is there anything i need to do to the crickets before feeding them?
 
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Have you tried taking him out of the tank to feed him in a separate container?
When we first got Oliver, we were doing 100% water changes every day so we'd do a half and half treated tap water/ tank water in a 5gal plastic critter keeper, and let her sit in there for an hour with what ever we were feeding her for the day.

You can more closely monitor how much they're eating, and get a feel for if they're more interested in certain foods. Also, this eliminates substrate intake while eating; which may not have been a problem in the beginning but a belly full of incidental sand while their having trouble keeping food in could really be problematic.

Best of luck!
 
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