Question: Wondering about what to feed young Axolotls

I'm not sure if this is the proper place for this...

I might be buying a couple 3 month old Axolotls and i'm curious as to what i should feed them. The sellers information says they are about 3 inches long and are eating bloodworms.

Is bloodworm good or is there any other sort of food I should/could give them? I just want to make sure my first Axies are healthy.

I live in Nova Scotia Canada so I'm not sure what feeding suplies are available around here so I need a few options in case I can't find bloodworms. We have a pets unlimited near where I live and they sell a variety of aquarium fish, would they stock bloodworms that would be good for baby Axolotls?

As for when they get older I was told that feeding them soft sinking pellets is a good option and I'm wondering about a good supplyer either around Nova Scotia or one that can ship them.

If it's possible I don't want you to redirect me to a page about feeding because i've read a few of them and know about different kinds of food for them. What I'd really like is someone's personal opinion on what to feed them or what they feed their own Axies.

Thank you!


EDIT:
At pet Valu near where I live they sell -Wardley® Shrimp Pellets Formula- Is this okay to feed to Axolotls?

Earthworms are the best, you can chop em up for the little guys. It's gross but e-worms are the best food for your axie.

Thank you! i've been searching all over the internet for bloodworm supliers but I can't find any, earthworms will be much easier.

Mother nature usually has plenty in stock as well

ive got a tank full of assorted colors of crystal shrimp. would these be safe to feed to axolotls?

Can anyone please tell me how long I need to feed my babies with Brine shrimp? This is the first time I've had axie babies and have want to make sure they are getting enough food. Some appear to be forming legs....

ilsa said:

Can anyone please tell me how long I need to feed my babies with Brine shrimp? This is the first time I've had axie babies and have want to make sure they are getting enough food. Some appear to be forming legs....

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I read somewhere that at about 2.5cm they can be weaned off the brine shrimp. I think mine were between this size and growing back legs when I started feeding them bloodworms. Once they were big enough to eat them I started putting bloodworms in with their brine shrimp and letting them decide what they wanted. It didn't take long and they were eating blood worms instead of brine shrimp so I stopped the brine shrimp and they are now only on blood worms.

Not sure if mentioned earlier but frozen brine shrimp are great for young axies and soft salmon/trout pellets (you may need to cut them into smaller pieces

thanks guys will do....

Olivia97 said:

Not sure if mentioned earlier but frozen brine shrimp are great for young axies and soft salmon/trout pellets (you may need to cut them into smaller pieces

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At what age or size are you able to feed the babies cut up soft salmon/trout pellets?
You make it seem like very small very young axies are willing to eat pellets if they are small enough?

I found that some small axies will go for them if waved around infront of their face

When mine were younger I fed them on frozen bloodworm and live brine shrimp - I found they ignored frozen brine shrimp so I'd avoid it if I were you, it fouls the water so quickly if not eaten! Chopped earthworm are a great stable and of course once they get that little bit bigger they can eat them whole. My youngest (6 inches approx.) are currently on a varied diet of bloodworm, earthworm and pellets :happy: