Question: Will feeding my axolotl tadpoles cause him to metamorph?

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I just want to if feeding my axolotls tadpoles cause him metamorph?
 
Very unlikely. When an animal ingests another, their DNA doesn't fuse to change the consumer's DNA.
 
No, it won't. Tadpoles are a natural part of their diet.
 
Large tadpoles going into metamorphosis themselves are going to be richer in thyroxine, (the hormone that causes metamorphosis in amphibians) than most other foodstuffs but still contain a lot less than the sort of dosages given to induce axolotl metamorphosis in various scientific papers.

While in practice tadpoles will be a natural part of axolotls diets I would not advise making them the mainstay of feeding.
 
Think of tadpoles for your axolotls as "big juicy pills full of parasites and other nasty diseases"
 
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