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Hi.
I might be having a silly question, but how often and how much would you feed axolotls? :) Mine two guys are 16cm long, am not sure about the age, but you can clearly see they are males :) Have been having them for 1,5 months, and they are always hungry, as it seems :p
From my experience with aquarium fish, good fish - hungry fish, but don't think same rule applies to axolotls :)
Can they overeat guppies, if I add some, so they don't get bored eating from hands, and got to do something to get their food :)?
Thanks.

PS: I feed them defrosted red bloodworms and prawns.
 
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Guppies aren't the best, unless you breed your own. Pet shop guppies are notorious for carrying disease.

You could get a few and breed them as feeder fish.

Have you tried earthworms? Usually I feed my adults every two or three days, a little more often in the summer. They each get 1/2 a nightcrawler.
 
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It is Winter where I live atm so can't really get any earthworms :) But will definitely go hunting in Spring :p Thank you.
Is it possible to actually tell the age (more or less) by the size of the axolotl?
 
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both 16 cm long, cloaca is very "expressive" :) can def. say they are guys :p
 
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I've had adults that size. Usually they reach that size by the time they're ~7 months old.
 
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