I got my first axolotl a couple of weeks ago. I had done alot of reasearch on axolotls and felt that i was more than ready to keep one.
When i got him i noticed that he had very small gills and almost no filliment. His leg was also very small almost like it was just starting to grow back. I thougt that mabey he had just been picked on at the breeders.
After a couple of days of having him i found him floating. And he didnt come down for almost 2 days. And since then he has spent most of his time floating only coming down occasionally. His gills have olso grown a bit and the filliment is almost compleatly back. But his foot is still very small. He dosnt seem streesed his tail is straight and gills are not curled forward. He is preatty active.
He eats repashy grup pie mostly but i also give him some earthworms. He poops regularly but not like a normal axolotl but rather massive poops. He did eat some snails somehow and got a little constipated i think. But i haven't seen snails or anything wierd in his poop for a long time.
He gulps air alot and that definitely why he is floating but he seems to be stuck or rathed not trying to go down. He might try once or twice a day But he still seems to stay floating for multiple hours
Thank you so much for reading! I appreciate any and all help.
When i got him i noticed that he had very small gills and almost no filliment. His leg was also very small almost like it was just starting to grow back. I thougt that mabey he had just been picked on at the breeders.
After a couple of days of having him i found him floating. And he didnt come down for almost 2 days. And since then he has spent most of his time floating only coming down occasionally. His gills have olso grown a bit and the filliment is almost compleatly back. But his foot is still very small. He dosnt seem streesed his tail is straight and gills are not curled forward. He is preatty active.
He eats repashy grup pie mostly but i also give him some earthworms. He poops regularly but not like a normal axolotl but rather massive poops. He did eat some snails somehow and got a little constipated i think. But i haven't seen snails or anything wierd in his poop for a long time.
He gulps air alot and that definitely why he is floating but he seems to be stuck or rathed not trying to go down. He might try once or twice a day But he still seems to stay floating for multiple hours
Thank you so much for reading! I appreciate any and all help.