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Undigested food in poop

noodlenoo

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I recently started feeding extra small soldier fly larvae (phoenix worms) to my red efts, and I am finding that some of them seems to be passing through their digestive system almost completely undigested! Does that mean they are getting no nutrition from them and that these are not a suitable food? Or would feeding smaller quantities more often allow them to digest better? They are currently eating 3-5 extra small phoenix worms every 3 days. Would it help if I fed them 1 or 2 worms every other day instead?
 
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    with axolotls would I basically have to keep buying and buying new axolotls to prevent inbred breeding which costs a lot of money??
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    Not necessarily but if you’re wanting to continue to grow your breeding capacity then yes. Breeding axolotls isn’t a cheap hobby nor is it a get rich quick scheme. It costs a lot of money and time and deditcation
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    @Thorninmyside, I Lauren chen
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