Kizu
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Hello! I bouight two really young axolotls (5cm/2 inches) one is a golden albino (Billy) and the other is leucistic (Silly).
This is them right off the bag
They're both eating earthworms (small ones or 1/2 of a large one each, every day) and here I see some difference between the two, I'm not sure if it's really an issue, look here:
As you can see, Billy has a flat stomach, but Silly has a round stomach, I've been told the "bruising" I see is actually it's internal organs and it's round because it has eaten recently and I shouldn't worry, but Billy is an albino and I don't see any of that, this is what concerns me...
Silly's belly does shrink a bit after a couple of hours but it's still nowhere as flat as Billy's
Also, Billy seems to swim a lot (I mean, A LOT) Silly just stands around and sometime does go swimming but overall isn't as active as Billy
I should note that Silly does poop, but I'm still concerned so I figured it's better to ask anyway, is this impaction?
Before I bought them, they spent the night in a petshop which had them in the same tank as Goldfish, and eating Goldfish food, the tank had gravel! So after having them for a day I took Silly to the vet and he said he looked fine to him (but I think my vet doesn't know much about axies)
I had them with sand for a couple of days before I cleaned the tank and left them with a bare bottom tank (just in case)
This is them right off the bag
They're both eating earthworms (small ones or 1/2 of a large one each, every day) and here I see some difference between the two, I'm not sure if it's really an issue, look here:
As you can see, Billy has a flat stomach, but Silly has a round stomach, I've been told the "bruising" I see is actually it's internal organs and it's round because it has eaten recently and I shouldn't worry, but Billy is an albino and I don't see any of that, this is what concerns me...
Silly's belly does shrink a bit after a couple of hours but it's still nowhere as flat as Billy's
Also, Billy seems to swim a lot (I mean, A LOT) Silly just stands around and sometime does go swimming but overall isn't as active as Billy
I should note that Silly does poop, but I'm still concerned so I figured it's better to ask anyway, is this impaction?
Before I bought them, they spent the night in a petshop which had them in the same tank as Goldfish, and eating Goldfish food, the tank had gravel! So after having them for a day I took Silly to the vet and he said he looked fine to him (but I think my vet doesn't know much about axies)
I had them with sand for a couple of days before I cleaned the tank and left them with a bare bottom tank (just in case)