Doughdog
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My axolotl hasnt eaten for a month! Getting worried how much longer she will last without eating...
My tank has now cycled and the parameters are stable, 7.6ph, close to 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and about 20 nitrate and temp at 18 degrees. Both my axolots were in the tank while it was cycling and both were eating during the cycle, feeling bad that maybe doing this has caused illness and I should have done a fishless cycle but I thought the fish shops advice of putting them straight in would be trustworthy!
A month ago I fed my 2 axolotls dendrobaena worms for the first time(Only had my axolots a couple of months). The bigger one, Axy, had no problems and will eat anything you put in front of him. The smaller one, Lottie, ate one worm with no problems but while trying a second one Axy came along and bit her tail and since then she hasn't eaten a thing. She never used to eat much compared to Axy to be fair and only ate bloodworm while Axy would eat anything - worried all the bloodworm has caused liver damage?
I put a tank divider between the 2 of them shortly after feeding worms for the first time as Axy now keeps biting Lotties tail. Lottie has also spent a week in the fridge as we thought she may be constipated but she never passed anything, the only time I have seen her poo it was a green goop that disintegrated. Thinking now she may not be constipated so brought her back into the tank in the hopes she would eat.
I've tried feeding her frozen bloodworm, daphnia, Axolotl pellets and dendras - both live and blanched, cut up in to small pieces and tried holding it with tweezers, on the end of cocktail sticks, hand feeding it to her but she doesn't seem to react to anything other than putting her nose on it and then often swims up to gulp air at the surface. The last couple days she has taken a bite of blanched worms but then spits them straight out. When they are live she seems afraid and freaks when it touches her.
Feeling helpess now wishing she could just tell me what was wrong! She is more frequently gulping air at the surface but her gills are fine and Axy has no trouble so must be enough Oxygen. Doesn't have trouble with balance, she floats now and again but not too often and can sink to the bottom with ease when she wants. She doesn't seem to have lost weight either...
Why wont she eat?? How can I get her to eat?
My tank has now cycled and the parameters are stable, 7.6ph, close to 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and about 20 nitrate and temp at 18 degrees. Both my axolots were in the tank while it was cycling and both were eating during the cycle, feeling bad that maybe doing this has caused illness and I should have done a fishless cycle but I thought the fish shops advice of putting them straight in would be trustworthy!
A month ago I fed my 2 axolotls dendrobaena worms for the first time(Only had my axolots a couple of months). The bigger one, Axy, had no problems and will eat anything you put in front of him. The smaller one, Lottie, ate one worm with no problems but while trying a second one Axy came along and bit her tail and since then she hasn't eaten a thing. She never used to eat much compared to Axy to be fair and only ate bloodworm while Axy would eat anything - worried all the bloodworm has caused liver damage?
I put a tank divider between the 2 of them shortly after feeding worms for the first time as Axy now keeps biting Lotties tail. Lottie has also spent a week in the fridge as we thought she may be constipated but she never passed anything, the only time I have seen her poo it was a green goop that disintegrated. Thinking now she may not be constipated so brought her back into the tank in the hopes she would eat.
I've tried feeding her frozen bloodworm, daphnia, Axolotl pellets and dendras - both live and blanched, cut up in to small pieces and tried holding it with tweezers, on the end of cocktail sticks, hand feeding it to her but she doesn't seem to react to anything other than putting her nose on it and then often swims up to gulp air at the surface. The last couple days she has taken a bite of blanched worms but then spits them straight out. When they are live she seems afraid and freaks when it touches her.
Feeling helpess now wishing she could just tell me what was wrong! She is more frequently gulping air at the surface but her gills are fine and Axy has no trouble so must be enough Oxygen. Doesn't have trouble with balance, she floats now and again but not too often and can sink to the bottom with ease when she wants. She doesn't seem to have lost weight either...
Why wont she eat?? How can I get her to eat?