Nikomas89
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So, I 'adopted' an axolotl from my sisters boyfriend. They each got one this past September. My sisters axolotl is doing great! Growing, eating like a champ.. Etc. The one I've adopted has barely grown at all. He couldn't get the poor thing to eat. It was stuck under another tank, in warm ish water, behind closed doors.
I've had it for about 2 weeks now. I've been getting it to eat nightcrawlers, and it's had 3 wax worms. They just have to be cut up tiny, and soaked first or it won't eat them. It's not eating much, but it's something.
In the two weeks I've had it, I've only seen one poop. And I noticed last night, the poor thing was having a rather buoyant bottom. But it was still moving about, not looking too stressed. Today, I got up to check on it, and it was floating on its side, on the top of the tank. I assume it's gas, or it's constipated. So I've put it in the fridge for the time being. In clean, dechlorinated water, just deep enough to cover it, with the light off, and two thermometers in there. One in its water, and the other beside the tub it's in.
My question is, is there anything else I should be doing to help the poor thing?
Any help/advice would be appreciated.
I've had it for about 2 weeks now. I've been getting it to eat nightcrawlers, and it's had 3 wax worms. They just have to be cut up tiny, and soaked first or it won't eat them. It's not eating much, but it's something.
In the two weeks I've had it, I've only seen one poop. And I noticed last night, the poor thing was having a rather buoyant bottom. But it was still moving about, not looking too stressed. Today, I got up to check on it, and it was floating on its side, on the top of the tank. I assume it's gas, or it's constipated. So I've put it in the fridge for the time being. In clean, dechlorinated water, just deep enough to cover it, with the light off, and two thermometers in there. One in its water, and the other beside the tub it's in.
My question is, is there anything else I should be doing to help the poor thing?
Any help/advice would be appreciated.