remiliuh
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Hey!! I recently got a 4-month-old axolotl and it's my first one ever owning it!! unfortunately though I have anxiety and tend to overthink things a lot and I'm scared of accidentally killing my axie out of stupidity.
I was wondering what behaviours are normal and what behaviours could mean they're sick? I know stressed axies curl their tails at the end and curl their gills forward but I'm sure there could be more? or maybe I'm just not used to being so close to an axolotl? lol
right now it's in a bare bottom tank (we got sand today and we'll put it in tomorrow) without much stuff in it yet and it's been alright but I just noticed it's getting kinda floaty i think right now? I just noticed it now because I was out for most of the day. it's been swimming around the tank a lot too. I also noticed that its legs and tail look kinda red too, but I'm not sure if it's just my eyes tricking me because the lights in my room aren't the greatest.
I tried to get it into a container to fridge it earlier today but he was really fast and I couldn't do it!! does anyone have tips to get quick axies into a container?
sorry if these questions are dumb :uhoh: anxiety sucks
I was wondering what behaviours are normal and what behaviours could mean they're sick? I know stressed axies curl their tails at the end and curl their gills forward but I'm sure there could be more? or maybe I'm just not used to being so close to an axolotl? lol
right now it's in a bare bottom tank (we got sand today and we'll put it in tomorrow) without much stuff in it yet and it's been alright but I just noticed it's getting kinda floaty i think right now? I just noticed it now because I was out for most of the day. it's been swimming around the tank a lot too. I also noticed that its legs and tail look kinda red too, but I'm not sure if it's just my eyes tricking me because the lights in my room aren't the greatest.
I tried to get it into a container to fridge it earlier today but he was really fast and I couldn't do it!! does anyone have tips to get quick axies into a container?
sorry if these questions are dumb :uhoh: anxiety sucks