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Question: Earth worm question..

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Elmlee

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Hey out there!

I got my little lottlia (axolotl) some earthworms today for the first time.
She's 3 and a half inches long.. She's only ever ate frozen bloodworms. I'm a little confused.. Do I chop the worm/worms up or leave them alive?
I assume I rinse them as there in a pot of soil?
Also how many do I give her?


Thanks in advance :frog:
 
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Just replied to you in the "Why Earthworms?" thread :happy: She could probably eat a couple of small ones daily at the moment.
 
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When mine where that age. I washed the dirt off the worms, got a plastic cup filled 1/4 of water and put the worm in and started chopping it up. I chopped mine into little pieces that were the size of my axies head. I put water in the cup because when you chop them up that fine all the poop and slime sacks in the worm come out, and they will just float so you just take them out. Pour the cup of mashed up worms in to your axie tank. Within less than a minute, depending how many axies you have, the worms will be gone

If you dont have the stomach for it, I would stick to blood worm, the earthworm will bleed alot
 
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If you're buying worms from an online source you can often choose a size you want, go for the smallest so there's less chopping. You may even find if they're 3 inches long your axie will eat it :p
 
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