Ninjaflipper
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So a couple months ago my axolotl stopped eating and defecating, along with checking water parameters and making sure everything was in order, I heard fridging was a good way to fix the problem. All water parameters were perfect so I put her in the fridge to further investigate the problem. I followed the fridging guide to the teeth and changed water daily.
But living in Texas with no external cooling, approaching on the winter months, and with my living situation soon changing, I decided to only take her out when I had a new bigger tank with the proper cooling and filtration as my original tank was pushing 68 F.
I feel I should also mention that I was feeding around 4 pellets twice a day which was a youth feeding schedule the I never changed.
She was in the fridge for 2 or 3 months, she didn't poop or eat a single time.
Just today my new 20gal with a new chiller and a canister filter was cycled and ready for her. I put her in at about 9pm, it's currently 2am and she hasn't eaten the pellets I put in front of her or defecated.
Color me a bit concerned, she appears to have energy, though she hasn't moved from her cave but she certainly has been moving a lot in the cave and going up for air.
Is there perhaps a laxative the axolotl's can have? I feel like the issue may be she's just extremely backed up.
Any help would be appreciated!
But living in Texas with no external cooling, approaching on the winter months, and with my living situation soon changing, I decided to only take her out when I had a new bigger tank with the proper cooling and filtration as my original tank was pushing 68 F.
I feel I should also mention that I was feeding around 4 pellets twice a day which was a youth feeding schedule the I never changed.
She was in the fridge for 2 or 3 months, she didn't poop or eat a single time.
Just today my new 20gal with a new chiller and a canister filter was cycled and ready for her. I put her in at about 9pm, it's currently 2am and she hasn't eaten the pellets I put in front of her or defecated.
Color me a bit concerned, she appears to have energy, though she hasn't moved from her cave but she certainly has been moving a lot in the cave and going up for air.
Is there perhaps a laxative the axolotl's can have? I feel like the issue may be she's just extremely backed up.
Any help would be appreciated!