Am i feeding him enough?

[Jovamabob]

This is Smiley. Can anyone tell me if he looks the right weight or too skinny/fat? :happy: I'm not sure how much i should be feeding him. He's about 17cm and gets 1 or 2 cubes of bloodworm each day and i just tried him today with some small earthworms. He had about 4 small ones which he loved but im not sure if he should get more or less, am i feeding him right? He seems active enough and growing well i think but i don't know how to see if they're the right weight. He'd eat till he could physically fit no more in so i can't really gauge if he's full or not. I put them in the bowl and the bottom and he swims right over ready for them. I could swear he sits at the front and begs for more! :happy:

 

[LSuzuki]

He is still a juvenile, so feed him(her?) as much as he is willing to eat. Just don't leave leftovers in the tank, and it will be fine.

Once they are adults, you need to be careful not to over feed, so they don't get fat.

If you look at them from above, their tummies should be roughly as wide as their heads. If skinny, feed more. If fat, feed less.

Very nice axolotl. :happy:

 

[anonymousaxolol]

I would start feeding earthworms at this stage, your axolotl is just slightly larger than mine and I have been feeding earthworms for around 1 month. He likes them way more than bloodworms and they don't spill and cause rotting matter in the aquarium.

 

[Petersgirl]

From the side, he looks fine, but as said above, look from above - the tummy should be as wide as their head.

As they get older you might also see a different body shape - boys are longer and tend to be slimmer than the females, like my two boys, while my two girls are egg-shaped and plumper than my boys.

For juveniles I used to feed two small/medium earthworms a day. As they became adults I cut it down to one a day and it seems to work fine, although my females are admittedly round!