Aussie Rach
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I bought a beautiful axolotl (wildtype, "Charlie") a couple of months ago, and all has been going reasonably well, considering the people at the pet shop had differing advice concerning food etc. So we have been feeding him/ her beefheart. I have since read on the website it is not the best food to be feeding but it is a pretty isolated town so I'm doing my best trying to hunt down alternatives at the moment.
We are concerned about him, as he has what seems to be a lump on the side of his tummy. At first we thought I was just feeding him too much and he was fat so I cut back and only feed him every couple of days, but it has not made a difference and I have noticed it seems to be more on one side. He has had the lump for a few weeks now.
Other than that he is still feeding and swims around seemingly happily enough. He is active and alert, when I go near the tank he swims towards me and follows my finger up to the top and all around. I love him dearly and am very worried
The other thing is we did have small gravel on the bottom of the tank, not realising they swallow their food the way they do. Is it possible this could be a piece of gravel lodged in there?
Any ideas?
Thanks so much
Rachel
We are concerned about him, as he has what seems to be a lump on the side of his tummy. At first we thought I was just feeding him too much and he was fat so I cut back and only feed him every couple of days, but it has not made a difference and I have noticed it seems to be more on one side. He has had the lump for a few weeks now.
Other than that he is still feeding and swims around seemingly happily enough. He is active and alert, when I go near the tank he swims towards me and follows my finger up to the top and all around. I love him dearly and am very worried
The other thing is we did have small gravel on the bottom of the tank, not realising they swallow their food the way they do. Is it possible this could be a piece of gravel lodged in there?
Any ideas?
Thanks so much
Rachel