Worm phobia... what to feed?

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kate

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Hi everyone!

Been lurking and reading info for ages
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... but finally had to ask:

I'm terrified of worms.. and I mean I feel like puking when I see them. So far, my axies (about 15cm long) won't eat pellets.. but they love bloodworms, frozen whitebait and frozen prawns.

Not sure what else to feed them.. and if that's sufficient?

Also, how much do people feed? Mine tends to eat about 1.5 medium sized whitebait each and then doesn't want anymore food.

Thanks!
 
You poor thing! I don't puke when I see worms, but I didn't want to take them out of my compost and garden that I had nurtured for months; in case I lost all my worms. Then when I did manage to get some out and start a wee worm bin it was having to cut the bigger ones that grossed me out and didn't want to touch the cut bits. Now our wee worm bins are established the kids are in charge of sorting out the worm eggs and picking out the baby worms to feed to axies (and I don't have to cut any - I leave the biggies to do their job).

Our 3yr old boarding axies eat every 4/5days a 3 inch worm or 5/6 baby worms. Our 7mth olds, also that size, eat 2 baby worms every 2nd day. We offer pellets but only one of our axies will eat those. Also could try beefheart or liver.
 
I would stick with the bloodworms and gradually try to get them to eat pellets too. You need a good quality pellet food, as it needs to "smell good", from the axolotl's point of view. Someone in Australia could probably tell you what kind is available that works well.

Fish is an OK food source, but if you use it as a staple, it is deficient in thiamine. I have used beefheart and raw liver, but I don't think they make a good staple diet on thier own. Prawns are probably a good bet, though I don't know for sure.
 
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