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How long does it take for an axie to excrete?

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swiftrat

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I got my axolotl exactly 3 days ago, on the first day I fed him a live feeder fish, some live bloodworms and a few pieces of beef heart.

He is in a bare tank and there are no stools present. Is this normal for an axie to take so long or is he constipated? *worries*
 
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leighton

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Hi Swiftrat,

I've read that three days is the usual time it takes, but our axolotls seem to vary between two and five days, depending on temperature (colder means slower). I'm afraid that I don't know whether this is 'normal'...
 
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swiftrat

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Hmmm... Day 4 and still nothing.

He is still pretty active now and then, occasionally swimming about and then resting again. I noticed last night that his legs had floated upwards while laying on the bottom with a silly grin on his face... He ate some live bloodworms last night to.

I'm going to go see a few places about getting some earthworms.
 
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elisheba

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I think you're probably feeding too much! For our adults we feed a little bloodworm or a few salmon pellets (a little meaning a piece the size of the first joint of my little finger, a few meaning 3-5) twice a week.
 
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leighton

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Elisheba's probably right. We feed our adults on catfish pellets and earthworms. They either get half an earthworm each, or about 15-20 pellets (they're small), every two to three days.

I'm interested to know where you get your beef heart from, I'm having difficulty sourcing it (possibly due to BSE?)
 
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mik

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I change diet of my beasties everyday for variety. They eat every day and are quite active.

Greedy beggars had wax worms last night (Tweak and Arwen ate 8 apeice while Sirius and Ariel each ate 5).

Evening before was earthoworms and day before that was Ox heart. I also use Brine shrimp for the little guys and lamb or beef liver.

Ox heart and liver I get from any REAL butchers but you can get lambs heart and liver from Morrisons. Most big supermarkets won't sell offal for some reason best known to themselves.

I think mine are spoilt. I've tied them with any number of types and size of pellets but they are met with disinterest. Also mealworms none of my beasties will entertain them yet I know from past experiencce that all types of sallies love them.
Regards,
 
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swiftrat

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Elisheba, that's about the amount I feed him every second day.

Leighton, I go to my local butcher shop for diced beef heart. Ask for the lean, no preservatives stuff.

Mik, variety is good. =
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swiftrat

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Update: Oh yeah, by the way - this morning I found some excrement on the tank floor. Now I can quit worrying, for the time being.
 
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leighton

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I'm glad to hear your axolotl finally went, Swiftrat. ;)

I've tried 'real' butchers around Dundee, and they're reluctant to sell offal it seems - it's probably all used for haggis... I'll try a little liver instead for now, but I'll persist in trying to find heart.

It mentions elsewhere on the site (http://axolotl.caudata.org/page_3.htm) that axolotls have difficulty with the chitin in mealworms, so I thought I'd bring it up here.
 
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