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First of all I have a turtle and I have Dry food for him, Now in this food there is shrimp. Is this suitable for axolotl to eat?
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Secondly I've had a look at some different types of food for them And I've seen on you that you could feed the mealworm Now I was in pound land today And found a box of dried mealworm Is this suitable for the axolotl?

Much appreciated thanks guys


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I feed mine fresh earthworms or I got some proper pellets from ebay just search Axolotls food. I also use frozen bloodworn that I get from the pet shop. most aquatic shops will have things like that. Dont feed them dried mealworms. there very fatty & not good for them & dried things dont have any nutrients.
 
I don't recommend turtle food for axolotls. Different food sources are usually very readily available such as bloodworm, soft trout/salmon pellets and carnivore pellets. Earthworms make a great staple if you can get hold of them.
 
1 more question haha.. How do you know whether your lottie is still hungry or over eating?


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At 1st i think i was over feeding mine as i was giving them food everyday. I go by the size of there guts. I tend to feed them every 2 days & they poop fine.
I give them 1 worm each by hand so I know each one is getting the same amount of food.
A good way to tell is look at them from above. If there at a good weight there belly should sort of be in line with there heads if that makes sense. If there under fed there heads will look huge compared to there body
 
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