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Question: Feeding my axolotl

Saint

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I have my axolotl for just under 3 weeks now and I have been feeding him pellets and earthworms every other day however when I do feed him if i just drop it into his tank he will completley ignore it it will remain there til I clean it up after 24 hours. The only way he will eat is if i drop it right in front of his face is there anyway I can train him to search for his food?
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Mine was the exact way. Eventually he started to associate my hand with food because I would have to drop it right in front of his face. Now he swims up to my hand the second he realizes that my hand is in the tank, and I don't even have to stick it in the tank. I can just dangle the worm at the surface and he comes to me.
 
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idk about searching it out. Mine seems pretty darwinistic about finding food if I just drop it in the tank. I mean he'll find it eventually, but if your used to fish like I am it's not the same. He'll find it in good time though. I usually just wave my hand in front of of his face and he'll figure it out
 
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not to change the subject, but do axies need a lot of light to see their food? how do they sense their food?
 
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They find food mostly by smell and sense of movement. Since they're mostly nocturnal, they don't need a lot of light to hunt, but some is probably helpful.
 
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Kaysie said:
They find food mostly by smell and sense of movement. Since they're mostly nocturnal, they don't need a lot of light to hunt, but some is probably helpful.
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thanks.

i just wanted to know because i was thinking of putting an axie tank AKA rubber-maid in a dark corner. :p
 
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