Hello,
My 1,5 yo axolotl has been acting very strange for the last three to four weeks. She usually eats anything I give her, but now she refuses everything. I've tried worms, feeder fish, beef, raw fish and prawn. When I offer her the food, she comes closer to investigate, but doesn't even snap at it.
The water parameters have remained the same and in safe ranges for the last year or so, accrording to my test slips.
At first I though she had dug up a pebble from under the sand, cause she had a bulge near her hind legs. The bulge seems to have passed through tho. This was three weeks ago, when she first refused to eat. So, as a precaution, I frigded her for a week and with no result put her back in the fish tank. The latest update is that she goes to gulp some air every 6 hours, which is unusual for her, since she used to do that sometimes not even once a day. She appears to get some weird spasms while doing so.
Regardless of everything said before, she remains somewhat active and her body is completely normal (maybe a bit skinnier). That's why I originally thought her not eating isn't a big deal. I feel like I've tried everything I'm able to do and so I turn to you, the people of Caudata. I really don't want to lose her...
My 1,5 yo axolotl has been acting very strange for the last three to four weeks. She usually eats anything I give her, but now she refuses everything. I've tried worms, feeder fish, beef, raw fish and prawn. When I offer her the food, she comes closer to investigate, but doesn't even snap at it.
The water parameters have remained the same and in safe ranges for the last year or so, accrording to my test slips.
At first I though she had dug up a pebble from under the sand, cause she had a bulge near her hind legs. The bulge seems to have passed through tho. This was three weeks ago, when she first refused to eat. So, as a precaution, I frigded her for a week and with no result put her back in the fish tank. The latest update is that she goes to gulp some air every 6 hours, which is unusual for her, since she used to do that sometimes not even once a day. She appears to get some weird spasms while doing so.
Regardless of everything said before, she remains somewhat active and her body is completely normal (maybe a bit skinnier). That's why I originally thought her not eating isn't a big deal. I feel like I've tried everything I'm able to do and so I turn to you, the people of Caudata. I really don't want to lose her...
