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Hi,

I have had my 3 axolotls for 1months now and they are very demanding on food...

My garden has run out of earthworms so i need a new food to feed them and how much to feed them.

Blood worms are messy and i dont know how much to feed but it i knew how much to feed it would be fine.
 
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You would be better off ordering earthworms online and setting up a wormery, or worm box. There are plenty of companies that offer live food online. Bloodworms are OK for a short while, but they're not nutritionally complete for axolotls long term.

Have a look through the forums and information pages for details on other foods. If you can get hold of pellets they are a good standby, but if your axolotls are used to live food, they may not take them.
 
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I'm currently setting up a worm farm- it's super easy. A couple rubbermaid tubs with holes drilled in the bottom, some newspaper, kitchen scraps or chicken feed, and that's all you need. Just do a google search and you'll find all kinds of info on how to start a worm farm.

If you're doing a worm farm, I'd recommend red wrigglers or African night crawlers (also known as giant red wrigglers, euro drift worms, panfish worms, or "small crawlers" in a lot of bait stores). Both grow in most any soil & reproduce fast.
 
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I feed my axies a mix of worms, slivers of raw fish such as talapia, salmon, and catfish, and pellets for when Im in a hurry. Ive even hand fed them crickets from between my fingertips.
 
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I have a question too! Is it better feeding them live worms or dead ones? I live in canada and the diet mostly consisted of bloodworm and newt &salamader pellets. My axo is too skinny and I'm trying to figure out worms since im not sure if they are safe to eat live due to bacteria.
 
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Kerry1968 said:
You would be better off ordering earthworms online and setting up a wormery, or worm box. There are plenty of companies that offer live food online. Bloodworms are OK for a short while, but they're not nutritionally complete for axolotls long term.

Have a look through the forums and information pages for details on other foods. If you can get hold of pellets they are a good standby, but if your axolotls are used to live food, they may not take them.
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They take half a blood worm cube.
 
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Syrth said:
I have a question too! Is it better feeding them live worms or dead ones? I live in canada and the diet mostly consisted of bloodworm and newt &salamader pellets. My axo is too skinny and I'm trying to figure out worms since im not sure if they are safe to eat live due to bacteria.
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Don't worry about bacteria in the worms. As long as you're buying worms from somewhere decent, they'll be safe. Worms are actually really clean animals; they're fairly delicate, and will die if they're subjected to poor soil conditions that would promote disease.
 
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