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Question: Axolotl just died..=( Why?

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My axolotl toothless just died this morning and I am unsure of the cause.


A few days ago he stopped eating and then I noticed he started floating, toothless cloaca looked a little swollen also. When I looked it up it seemed to mean toothless was constipated, I tried feeding toothless a pea/broccoli but toothless refused.


I tried fridging toothless starting yesterday keeping an eye on the temperature, I checked on toothless about 9am and toothless was fine and swimming. (No signs of poo or anything though) I checked on toothless around 12pm and noticed toothless had died. =(


What caused his death? Could he have been constipated that bad? His skin and gills shown no sign of an infection and I made sure that water wasn't too cold while he was in the fridge.
 
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What kind of substrate did you have Toothless on?

Also, why would you try feeding broccoli and peas? This works for goldfish but axolotls are carnivores- - an earthworm may have been a better choice.
 
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