Axolotl scared of live food

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My first axolotl has had a steady diet of crickets until I read that they shouldn't have JUST crickets (stupid pet store) so now I give her a variety of live food, mainly earthworms from my local reptile store. So when I got my new axolotl I didn't think to buy any pellets but just tried to give him an earthworm. But he's scared of them.

Every time I try and feed him live food be darts off like he's scared of it, and will only eat the pellets (which I had to go out and buy special), I wouldn't mind but Smiley (my first) refuses to eat the pellets so I have to feed them both separately.

Is this normal for an axolotl?
 
If you leave it to get hungry it most likely will eat & want live wriggly food after a day or two.. Try chopping the worm into pieces about the same width as the mouth - they'll still wriggle a little but should be easy to Hoover into that bucket mouth :D

I had trouble worming one of mine off live blackworms (axolotl crack!!) to start eating earthworms :-/ it took about 3 days - he now eats them but I can tell he doesn't really like them... Spits them out 500 times then finally eats it - he's like a bratty toddler :-/ lol



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Do you know what type of earthworm you are offering? Red wigglers release a foul-smelling secretion when handled or cut and a lot of axies refuse them. One of mine has darted away from a worm that was rather stinky :rolleyes:
 
Mine were very wary of earthworms at first. I left them without food for two days then gave them earthworms chopped to 1/4 inches long (the lotls were 4 to 5 inches). A few weeks later they are now taking them up to 3/4 inches long. Hope that is helpful.

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Just whatever they had at the pet store, I'll have to check the container when I get a chance.
 
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