Axolotl Parasite vectors

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Recently, I've been reviewing my notes from my biology course from a year ago or so, and I found a section on parasite vectors.
Can water snails, or live bloodworms or other food for axolotls carry a potential parasite?
I'm more intrigued than worried, but I have little knowledge of parasites specific to axolotls, or even amphibians in general.

Have you had any experiences with parasites?
 
I don't have experience with it but I know live foods can give parasites and other things to axolotls which is why you should raise live foods yourself.
 
Welcome to the forum! Do you have axolotls or are you just researching?

From what i have heard only native water based foods like live feeder fish, snails, shrimp, fly larvae like bloodworm or aquatic worms like blackworm can carry disease axolotls are susceptible too. Non aquatic live foods like earthworms or slugs and snails are safe. They can carry fungus - like anything else can, but not diseases. However others would disagree, there was debate about it in this thread:

http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...ilters-substrate/77330-my-cunning-plan-2.html

If you wanted a completley desease free food, try a dead food like pellets :)
 
that thread made my head hurt >_O haha
 
Cheers, Rachel and Lizzy.
I guess I should have snooped around the forums a little more before posting here!
I am just researching, I like to know as much as I can before committing to a pet, and also it was interesting to consider.
Thanks ^__^
 
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