Hi
My girl axolotl (wild type) is behaving a bit strangely when i feed her.
Usually in a morning both the girls are ready for their breakfast and swim up when i walk past or stand up and put their wee hands on the glass and stare at me as if to say right come on its our feeding time which is very cute.
However for about a week now 'blackie' my wild type when i hand feed her a live dendrobaena has grabbed it put it in her mouth and swallowed it while i feed pinky the other girl -pinky eats no problem and is quite greedy! -anyway when i go to give blackie another worm she grabs it but but seems to struggle with it and spits it out. i pick it up and she definitely looks like she wants it as she will try and snatch it from my fingers and the same happens again she spits it out.
they have one small worm each at 5pm aswell which she eats no problem and seems hungry.she is definitely eating less than pinky though in general and she doesnt seem as plump.she hasnt got any lumps or bumps and doesnt look impacted.the water is in good order and the heater/filters are all working fine.
They are on well rinsed riverbed sand(exo) and have caves to hide in and the correct plants.i dont understand whats up.she also prefers earthworms to dendrobaenas but im not sure if she is just very fussy or is getting sick??
also i wondered if it was what i feed the worms -special worm maize from the wormery place where i buy them- and maybe because the earthworms from my garden taste different thats why she prefers them?? should i soak the dendrobaena worms before feeding them? my partner thinks maybe she just prefers to eat at nighttime to morning but im not sure i really feel something isnt right.
My girl axolotl (wild type) is behaving a bit strangely when i feed her.
Usually in a morning both the girls are ready for their breakfast and swim up when i walk past or stand up and put their wee hands on the glass and stare at me as if to say right come on its our feeding time which is very cute.
However for about a week now 'blackie' my wild type when i hand feed her a live dendrobaena has grabbed it put it in her mouth and swallowed it while i feed pinky the other girl -pinky eats no problem and is quite greedy! -anyway when i go to give blackie another worm she grabs it but but seems to struggle with it and spits it out. i pick it up and she definitely looks like she wants it as she will try and snatch it from my fingers and the same happens again she spits it out.
they have one small worm each at 5pm aswell which she eats no problem and seems hungry.she is definitely eating less than pinky though in general and she doesnt seem as plump.she hasnt got any lumps or bumps and doesnt look impacted.the water is in good order and the heater/filters are all working fine.
They are on well rinsed riverbed sand(exo) and have caves to hide in and the correct plants.i dont understand whats up.she also prefers earthworms to dendrobaenas but im not sure if she is just very fussy or is getting sick??
also i wondered if it was what i feed the worms -special worm maize from the wormery place where i buy them- and maybe because the earthworms from my garden taste different thats why she prefers them?? should i soak the dendrobaena worms before feeding them? my partner thinks maybe she just prefers to eat at nighttime to morning but im not sure i really feel something isnt right.
