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Quick Question About Earthworms!

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I've been trying to mix up my axie's diet, and I want to start feeding him earthworms, since they're ideal. I'm a tad squeamish, so I was wondering, if my axie is 7-8 inches long, is he big enough to feed whole earthworms, or do i still have to cut them up?

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I always feed them whole ones. Never had a problem.
 
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Yeah, actually your lucky :happy:
I just got my juvie today, and i have to snip them with a scissors :eek:

I'm just ignoring the fact that it happened :eek:
 
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Mine are somewhere between 7-8 inches long and most of the time I feed them whole worms (varying in size). Even the really big ones are no problem. They take a bit longer to swallow, but that's about it.
 
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You can sometimes buy smaller worms if your axie isn't able to eat a large one whole.

I started mine off on small ones and now he can eat a large worm without any problems.
 
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My axies take worms longer tha they are! They seem to enjoy the little wrestling match they have trying to get them down too....
 
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I think the only time it's not a good idea to feed an axolotl whole worms are when they're smaller than 6 inches long. Or if the worms you're feeding are nightcrawlers, those beasties can get pretty big! My 'lotl is 6 inches long now and I still can't feed him whole worms because I feed him with nightcrawlers.
 
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I always feed my Aztec whole worms, as a matter of fact I just got a new wild type day before yesterday and he ate a few pellets and then I saw him watching me feed Aztec and so I just was going to see if he would take a worm and I found the smallest on about 4 inches long and boy did he ever jump on it.......oh and the new wild is about 4 inches long........:happy:
 
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