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Angry axie!

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I put my hand in the tank and one of my axies started attacking it!
i was moving my hand around and it was following me everywhere pecking me!

is this normal? or were they just hungry lol!
 
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sounds hungry lol

if you hand feed a lot, fingers are assumed to bring food. mine do it and then look up at me as if to say "well where is it?"
 
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My axies "attack" anything that moves in or outside the tank (except for eachother). I watched a couple of flies land on a floating plant over the summer and my leustic axolotl was on it the instant it landed. There was an interesting post recently titled "axolotl fishing" in which the drawstrings from a hooded sweater were dangling over the axolotl tank and the owner ended up catching two with those drawstrings. No worries!
 
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Yea sounds like mine. After a few weeks (I'd imagine he started linking me with his food supply) he started attacking anything I put in the tank, fingers, turkey baster, etc. Now even when I look over the tank he will swim up to the surface expecting food :p
 
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Hi coco,

Thats normal axie behaviuor they will chase anything that they think may be food.
 
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oh ok! thanks for the reasurence guys.
i really love axies!
i have 4 lecustic and theyre really interesting to watch!
i must say they are my favorite pet!.
but one thing i have trouble in keeping is the temprature!
some days its 21 degrees, but on most its 23.
theres no heater in the tank and ive switched off all the radiators.
how can i lower this?
 
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Move tank away from any direct light or heat sources (ie windows/lights/lamps or heaters). If possible move to the coolest room in the house. Internal filters will also warm a tank up.

Using a fan (we use pedestal fans as they can be raised and angled) blowing across the tankwater surface can bring the tank temperature down a couple of degrees... Here are some other cooling methods: http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/cooling.shtml
 
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