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When to take out of the fridge?

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My axie is currently in the fridge after loosing a leg in a feeding accident, she is doing well and the leg is regrowing slowly, i was just wondering when to take the axie out the fridge, do i wait for the leg to completely regrow before putting her back in the tank with her tank mate? i know that they wont have another feeding accident as i feed by tweezers (someone else fed them when the accident happened.) Also i know that there appetite isnt very big when there in the fridge but i can only get my axie to eat about 5/6 worms before she wont take anymore should i be feeding more than just that few worms every 3 days? Thank you for any help
 
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As long as the leg is healing well with no signs of fungus or infection she should be fine to go back into the tank, but remember to let the container with the axolotl in warm up slowly to room temperature (or whatever your tank temperature is) out of the fridge before you put her back in the tank.

It sounds like your axie is eating enough worms, as long as the head to body ratio is fine I wouldn't worry about how many worms they eat.

Well done on getting your axie back to health!
 
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its blood worms not worms sorry didnt notice i missed the blood bit out, the leg isnt completely grown back but there is no sign of infection or anything, should i wait until the leg has grown back fully?
 
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Hi stranger23,

It can take awhile for the leg to regrow completely. As long as the wound is healed over, your axolotl can go back into her regular tank. Just keep an eye on things as she heals.

-Eva
 
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