Axolotlmom96
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Hi everyone,
I posted on another site about my axolotl Lemon who is around 7-9 months old, is still very tiny, barely shows interest in food and won't gain weight. I posted a picture of her and my much larger axolotl Poppy who's the same age and people commented their concern on her dark belly. What does everyone here think? Does her belly look normal? Any ideas what I can do to encourage her to eat/help her grow and gain weight?
This one is from a month ago:
This one is from today:
Here's the original post I made for more details:
I've had my two axies Lemon and Poppy since June. They were born either in early March or early May. They were "rescues" so I don't know anything about their living conditions prior to their adoption but I'm thinking they weren't the best.
Anyways, both of them seem quite small to me for their age (7-9 months) but Lemon is especially tiny and doesn't seem to be growing much? When she came to us she had one leg missing so at first her size wasn't a worry, I figured she needed to expend all her energy on regenerating it.
Now, she's about 2.5 inches only and quite skinny. She doesn't show much interest in food- when both are fed 1 cube of bloodworms Poppy eats nearly the whole thing and appears eager for more whereas lemon eats only like 5 individual worms, which takes her forever and she has to be encouraged even just to do that. She's been this way ever since I've gotten her and I'm getting quite worried about it now that nothing's changed for so long.
I'm sure I left out some useful info but I didn't want this post to turn into an essay so hopefully someone can help me out and def feel free to ask if you need any info about them! Cheers
I posted on another site about my axolotl Lemon who is around 7-9 months old, is still very tiny, barely shows interest in food and won't gain weight. I posted a picture of her and my much larger axolotl Poppy who's the same age and people commented their concern on her dark belly. What does everyone here think? Does her belly look normal? Any ideas what I can do to encourage her to eat/help her grow and gain weight?
This one is from a month ago:
This one is from today:
Here's the original post I made for more details:
I've had my two axies Lemon and Poppy since June. They were born either in early March or early May. They were "rescues" so I don't know anything about their living conditions prior to their adoption but I'm thinking they weren't the best.
Anyways, both of them seem quite small to me for their age (7-9 months) but Lemon is especially tiny and doesn't seem to be growing much? When she came to us she had one leg missing so at first her size wasn't a worry, I figured she needed to expend all her energy on regenerating it.
Now, she's about 2.5 inches only and quite skinny. She doesn't show much interest in food- when both are fed 1 cube of bloodworms Poppy eats nearly the whole thing and appears eager for more whereas lemon eats only like 5 individual worms, which takes her forever and she has to be encouraged even just to do that. She's been this way ever since I've gotten her and I'm getting quite worried about it now that nothing's changed for so long.
I'm sure I left out some useful info but I didn't want this post to turn into an essay so hopefully someone can help me out and def feel free to ask if you need any info about them! Cheers