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any ideas why my 6-7 inch axie stopped eatting. lucky if i can get it to take 1 inch of nightcrawler. other 2 in same tank eat like pigs so did this 1 but quit eatting and getting skinny
 
How long has it been not eating? Sometimes axolotls can get very picky and stop eating for a while. Mine have stopped eating for up to a month. Keep offering various foods.
 
wow for a month. axie looks alright just wont eat and getting skinny
 
Norman, it appears that you have 2 user IDs. Please delete one of them (if you didn't already, I didn't check).

If the axie is getting noticably skinny, you have some reason to be concerned. What is the water temperature? Any chance of ingested gravel? Does this animal get harrassed by the other two?
 
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must be just something wrong with him other 2 are fat and happy. plain aquarium with bare bottom. you cant over feed a axie can u
 
You can overfeed an axie. They're opportunistic feeders, and they don't know when they're full, so they'll just keep eating.

However, you can usually tell if you're overfeeding. The axie will be unusually fat and if you're overfeeding A LOT then the fat will begin to store in the axie's tail, which should be fairly noticable I would assume.
 
my biggest 1 is only big in the belly area about 10 inches long tail is thin
 
my axalotl hasnt eaten in 8 days :'(
im getting worried
and its getting really hot now so i think thats it but i dont know what to do
 
the heat would most likely be the problem, see if you can cool it down a few degrees and see if its more willing to eat then
 
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