sparklysalamander
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Hello! New owner here with my first axolotl, who I brought home about a week ago. She is about 7 months old and 6 inches long. Up until now, she apparently has only been eating Reptomin pellets. I have a jar of those and she still likes them a lot, but I'm aware this isn't the healthiest diet for her. I purchased some live earthworms from Walmart and we've been working on her eating those instead. I just have some questions about "logistics."
When I cut up the earthworm into pieces, out spurts white and yellow goop, brown goop, blood, etc. Am I supposed to "wash them off" before feeding them to her? I can see dirt and blood flowing from the worm into the tank water. And sometimes after she eats a piece, she'll cough out little brown chunks.
How fast should she be able to eat a piece of worm? I'm cutting them into maybe 1 inch pieces, but she's very slow - she'll suck it in, spit it out halfway, suck it in, spit it out halfway, and then finally she sits there and swallows many times before it seems like it's down for good. I just want to make sure I'm not choking her or overfeeding her...On our worm days I've been doing maybe 3/4 of an adult earthworm.
Should she get a worm every day? Can I alternate worms and pellets? How much should she be eating per day at her age and size? (7 months, 6 inches) Thanks!
When I cut up the earthworm into pieces, out spurts white and yellow goop, brown goop, blood, etc. Am I supposed to "wash them off" before feeding them to her? I can see dirt and blood flowing from the worm into the tank water. And sometimes after she eats a piece, she'll cough out little brown chunks.
How fast should she be able to eat a piece of worm? I'm cutting them into maybe 1 inch pieces, but she's very slow - she'll suck it in, spit it out halfway, suck it in, spit it out halfway, and then finally she sits there and swallows many times before it seems like it's down for good. I just want to make sure I'm not choking her or overfeeding her...On our worm days I've been doing maybe 3/4 of an adult earthworm.
Should she get a worm every day? Can I alternate worms and pellets? How much should she be eating per day at her age and size? (7 months, 6 inches) Thanks!