Found Pebble in Tank with no Substrate

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I was curious if anybody else had a similar experience. Today while feeding my axolotl a couple of chopped earthworm pieces, it had spit one of the pieces out and then I noticed this pebble in another region of the tank mixed with some partially digested worm. Since I have no substrate in my tank, I assume that the axolotl was kept in a tank that had gravel. I received the axolotl through the mail, so I have no clue the conditions in which it was kept. I've had the axolotl for 19 days. I was wondering if it this is too long of a time period for the pebble to be in its digestive tract (at least from esophagus to stomach). I removed the pebble from the tank as soon as I saw it. It's about 5mm at its widest and very spherical. I've attached a photo of the pebble as reference.
 

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This happens sometimes .It merely means your axie was in a gravel substrate at some point in it's life.

I had one that deposited pieces of gravel years after it had been in a gravel tank...which is why aquarium gravel is such a poor choice for axolotls.
 
I occasionally get blue gravel from my axies' poop even though they are housed in a sand substrate tank. The transit time for the gravel to be passed is variable and can take months and years.

I always contemplated about writing a fictional story where an axie pooped out a diamond..
 
Ive has my axy 6 weeks and he just started doing this!
its strange!
 
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