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Illness/Sickness: My little guys havent eaten for a week ...

BIGBODYBEAR

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I have three axys & none of them have been wanting to eat at all , its been about 6 days , they arent getting skinny or anything & i checked the water & the levels are all fine , has this happend to you before? they bite whatever i feed them & they spit it out & when i get it close to them they turn away , they usually take anything out of my hand , help ?? :/ ive tried feeder fish , crickets , worms , they have downed a couple of wax worms but thats it they dont want to eat at all :/
 
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Is the temperature OK? Are they juveniles that might be just reaching the age where they don't need to eat every day?
 
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they are about 10 months old but they are huge between 7 & 9 inches

i finally fed them legless crickets yesterday , i always fed them every 2-3 days , thats why i got worried , they actually started looking skinnier , is this normal ? water temp stays between 60 & 70 degrees & all levels checked out good
 
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10 degrees is a pretty big temperature swing. They could be stressed from the changing temperature.
 
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