vickybirtles
New member
Hi there,
I've read through numerous posts on here to try and figure out what's going on with Schmee my wild type axolotl (I call him a he, even though she's probably a she!). I've had him for almost 2 years and feed him frozen blood worm cubes mostly, every other day. He's always looked to be a good weight (body no wider than head) and I hand feed and hold the cube whilst he attacks it, until it's fairly small and he gobbles it!
I noticed around 1.5 weeks ago that he'd not eaten for a couple of days, so decided to try him on a live worm instead - he initiated attacking it with a peck, but then had no interest at all. Since then i've done numerous 20% water changes (water quality had slipped a little for some reason) and have tried feeding him on numerous occasions too - again, he'll take an initial nip at the cube, but then nothing.
The tank is bare bottom, around 18C and as I say, there was detection of a little ammonia, no nitrites and some detection of nitrates (not sure if this means anything?).
I decided after a week of no food (no poo's either) that i'd put him in treated water in the fridge. I left him for 3 days, changing daily - on the third day he'd expelled some waste - so presumed he'd been a little blocked up, left for another day and then put him back in his tank - in the evening i tried to feed bloodworms again, and again he pecked at it and wasn't interested after that. Subsequently I've put him back in the fridge (2 days ago) - he expelled a little more wasted on the first day (despite not having eaten now for 2 weeks) and I've kept him in there because I feel it's probably better than in his tank?
Can anyone suggest anything - should I keep him in the fridge? I don't know what else to do... Noticed this morning that one of his hind legs is kinda stuck out - could he still be constipated? He doesn't look particularly skinny.
Thanks in advance
I've read through numerous posts on here to try and figure out what's going on with Schmee my wild type axolotl (I call him a he, even though she's probably a she!). I've had him for almost 2 years and feed him frozen blood worm cubes mostly, every other day. He's always looked to be a good weight (body no wider than head) and I hand feed and hold the cube whilst he attacks it, until it's fairly small and he gobbles it!
I noticed around 1.5 weeks ago that he'd not eaten for a couple of days, so decided to try him on a live worm instead - he initiated attacking it with a peck, but then had no interest at all. Since then i've done numerous 20% water changes (water quality had slipped a little for some reason) and have tried feeding him on numerous occasions too - again, he'll take an initial nip at the cube, but then nothing.
The tank is bare bottom, around 18C and as I say, there was detection of a little ammonia, no nitrites and some detection of nitrates (not sure if this means anything?).
I decided after a week of no food (no poo's either) that i'd put him in treated water in the fridge. I left him for 3 days, changing daily - on the third day he'd expelled some waste - so presumed he'd been a little blocked up, left for another day and then put him back in his tank - in the evening i tried to feed bloodworms again, and again he pecked at it and wasn't interested after that. Subsequently I've put him back in the fridge (2 days ago) - he expelled a little more wasted on the first day (despite not having eaten now for 2 weeks) and I've kept him in there because I feel it's probably better than in his tank?
Can anyone suggest anything - should I keep him in the fridge? I don't know what else to do... Noticed this morning that one of his hind legs is kinda stuck out - could he still be constipated? He doesn't look particularly skinny.
Thanks in advance