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Question: Earthworm alive inside the axolotl!!

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daremo

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Hi guys!!

this is probably a very stupid question but I just fed my new little guy, he's about 8 cm a piece of an earthworm Lumbricus terrestris, it was a little piece without the head but I noticed these ones are very strong, they move a lot... anyway the little guy is loving them but when I fed him this part i saw him that he shrivelled or did some rapid movement and then I saw the earthworm moving inside him!!!!!!

after a while I didn't see it moving anymore... but is this normal?? I feed my two axies earthworms and I've never seen them moving inside the axies! it was funny and scary at the same time...
 
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Yeah, that's fine...Axolotls don't chew or kill their prey before eating it...so the prey is alive inside the Axolotl for a bit.
 
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Sucks to be that worm.....

lol

eatin' alive!!!!!!!!

I have wondered how long a worm actually stays alive inside an axie...
weird to think about... haha
 
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not much... I checked a little while after I saw it moving and it wasn't moving anymore...

but what I just noticed, just now... I saw my axie twitching ... I haven't seen him doing that before, I am worried... can earthworms have anything that can make his gills itch?? I think he tried to scratch his gills and he was swimming weird, now he's swimming along the tank, he's a juvie about 8 cm, I guess swimming a lot is normal for a young axie...
 
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They twitch while feeding. Like trying to swallow it.
It was probably just that it was a large peice and he was swallowing it.

Mine twitch like hell when feeding pellets, i imagine its because they are so hard and it takes a while for them to soften to swallow.

Mel
 
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thanks!

he is swimming normally now...

when I give him pellets I always worry that he swallows before they soften enough with the water, but so far it's been ok...
 
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I love the face my Axie pulls when he's just got the worm in his mouth. He's like "must keep wiggly worm in my mouth" and really looks like he's concentrating :lol:
 
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