Criss
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My beautiful eight month old olive axolotyl has suddenly lost her personality and won't eat. The tip of her tail is also curled. Clear signs of being stressed. But no other signs of illness.
I should explain that we had a sudden massive heat wave recently and no pet shops within the area sell tank chillers. So to save her from the warming water we were able to put her in a camp fridge at a constant temp of 11 degrees (this is as high as we could set it). She had to stay in there for over a week but now she is back in her tank following a cool change. To transition her back to the tank we chilled it with ice to match the 11 degrees and let her acclimatise slowly back to the tank temp of 15 degrees.
Ever since returning to her tank she won't eat (going on 8 days now without food) and lies in one of the corners of the tank. Nothing has changed and prior to cooling her she was very active and a very eager eater. Same filter, air stone, ornaments and plants. Water parameters all the same and within range. Ph = 7.2, ammonia and nitrite 0 etc etc as the tank is well established. We vary her food and offer earthworms, mealworms or pellets but she won't take any of it.
I am of course worried that this will continue and as I can't figure it out she might starve. If anyone has any suggestions I would be ever so grateful. She is very special.
I should explain that we had a sudden massive heat wave recently and no pet shops within the area sell tank chillers. So to save her from the warming water we were able to put her in a camp fridge at a constant temp of 11 degrees (this is as high as we could set it). She had to stay in there for over a week but now she is back in her tank following a cool change. To transition her back to the tank we chilled it with ice to match the 11 degrees and let her acclimatise slowly back to the tank temp of 15 degrees.
Ever since returning to her tank she won't eat (going on 8 days now without food) and lies in one of the corners of the tank. Nothing has changed and prior to cooling her she was very active and a very eager eater. Same filter, air stone, ornaments and plants. Water parameters all the same and within range. Ph = 7.2, ammonia and nitrite 0 etc etc as the tank is well established. We vary her food and offer earthworms, mealworms or pellets but she won't take any of it.
I am of course worried that this will continue and as I can't figure it out she might starve. If anyone has any suggestions I would be ever so grateful. She is very special.