dad of axle
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Hi my axolotl is just ten months old and I feed him a combination of bloodworms and red earthworms, I know that somepeople on this forum talk about hand feeding their axie and was wondering if I have left it too late to train my axie to take food from my hand? If not are there any tips about how to go about this ? at the moment I drop the food in the tank and let him go to it. With the worms they disappear quickly and with the bloodworms they seem to be rather messy and get caught in the filter and then he goes and sits on the filter to eat them off the surface of the filter where the suction has them up against the filter inlet. ( probably not good for the filter or my axie)
Also I havent really handeld my axie much he seems ok when I move his hides to clean the tank but if he is sitting on the filter and i move it he darts around in shock like you wouldnt believe.
I havent moved my axie from his tank in the eight months i have had him (3ft tank) and wonder whether this will be detrimental if I ever need to catch him to put him in a holding tanks/container .
so should i acclimatise my axie to having my hand in the tank near him?
Also I havent really handeld my axie much he seems ok when I move his hides to clean the tank but if he is sitting on the filter and i move it he darts around in shock like you wouldnt believe.
I havent moved my axie from his tank in the eight months i have had him (3ft tank) and wonder whether this will be detrimental if I ever need to catch him to put him in a holding tanks/container .
so should i acclimatise my axie to having my hand in the tank near him?