Illness/Sickness: Regurgitating food

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Hey everyone,
Recently I have got in the habit of feeding Gypsy earthworms and pellets, she has never had a problem with the pellets and after a few goes eventually swallows the bits of worm. But over the last few daily feedings of a mixture of the two, she has regurgitated it up within 15 to 20 minutes later, of course it isn't digested and most of it is still recogniseable. I orginally thought it was because of the tempertature which is sitting at 15'C which is about 60'F I think. Is this too low for digestion to take place? Im unsure now because I think it may be the worms?
 
Gypsy is within a year old, maybe a little younger or older.
 
If the worms are red wrigglers - they will let off a noxious smell when cut or bitten. Have you noticed any smell from the worm when cutting them?

If the axie is about a year old, she only needs to be fed once every two or three days - If you are feeding her every day she just may be 'stuffed to capacity'. ;) Hold back the feeding.
 
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Yes thats what I was thinking too Jacq about slowing down the feedings. Try cutting it down and see how that goes. Let us know.
 
Thank you both, I will slow down the feeding and see what happens. Its just that she has been keeping down her pellets, until I introduced the worms to her diet. They do smell when I cut them, but I have always presumed it just smelt wormy..
 
naymo said:
They do smell when I cut them, but I have always presumed it just smelt wormy..
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You can't mistake it, it's quite a pong! ;) Nightcrawlers are the best type of earthworm as they are the most highly nutricous and don't smell apparently - they are tough to get hold of in Australia - not sure about New Zealand.

When feeding mine red wrigglers, I try to select a worm that will be gulped down in one gulp so my finicky axies don't have to chew it. I'm lucky that a couple of my axies don't care about the pong and will eat anything that wriggles with gusto.

Cheers Jacq.
 
update

Hi again,
Im unsure if this is unrelated but Gypsy's rear is now bouyant and floating about half an inch off the ground, her front end is starting to rise too. I originally thought it might be a little constipation, could this still be the case or something different?Help and opinions?
 
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naymo said:
Hi again,
Im unsure if this is unrelated but Gypsy's rear is now bouyant and floating about half an inch off the ground, her front end is starting to rise too. I originally thought it might be a little constipation, could this still be the case or something different?Help and opinions?
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Sounds like Gypsy is just trying to poop.
 
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