dipsydoodle
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I have a couple of probably silly questions:
I’ve only had my axolotls a few days and they have been feeding on blood worm so far; I will get worms but for me I wanted to get them settled into the tank and eating something first.
1) The lady in the shop mentioned she fed them as a treat occasionally raw prawn. Now this is the stupid question but I want to check; raw prawns are the grey ones? Will it make a difference if they are raw or cooked? If they get it say once a month?
2) As for pellets; what are the best sort of pellets to get? I wouldn’t use them regularly; it’s more for if I go away then my mam can just drop pellets in for me instead of messing around with worms!
3) Where is the best place to buy worms from? I did phone the local fishing bait shop and they weren’t sure where the worms came from (i.e. if they were pesticide free lol – yes we asked). I’m sure the ones in my garden will be ok, and I’m sure none of the neighbours use pesticides/weedkiller – however 2 doors away they do; would it make a difference? Should I just buy some?
4) Assuming I’ve bought some nice juicy live worms; then how and where is the best place to store them?
5) How much should they be eating? I have three, two are about 4.25inches and the other is 3.5 inches? Yesterday they got two blocks of blood worm between them!
6) Also how often should they be eating? I’m feeding them daily for the first week or so just to “fatten” them up a bit and make sure they are ok. After that would every other day be ok?
Thank you
I’ve only had my axolotls a few days and they have been feeding on blood worm so far; I will get worms but for me I wanted to get them settled into the tank and eating something first.
1) The lady in the shop mentioned she fed them as a treat occasionally raw prawn. Now this is the stupid question but I want to check; raw prawns are the grey ones? Will it make a difference if they are raw or cooked? If they get it say once a month?
2) As for pellets; what are the best sort of pellets to get? I wouldn’t use them regularly; it’s more for if I go away then my mam can just drop pellets in for me instead of messing around with worms!
3) Where is the best place to buy worms from? I did phone the local fishing bait shop and they weren’t sure where the worms came from (i.e. if they were pesticide free lol – yes we asked). I’m sure the ones in my garden will be ok, and I’m sure none of the neighbours use pesticides/weedkiller – however 2 doors away they do; would it make a difference? Should I just buy some?
4) Assuming I’ve bought some nice juicy live worms; then how and where is the best place to store them?
5) How much should they be eating? I have three, two are about 4.25inches and the other is 3.5 inches? Yesterday they got two blocks of blood worm between them!
6) Also how often should they be eating? I’m feeding them daily for the first week or so just to “fatten” them up a bit and make sure they are ok. After that would every other day be ok?
Thank you