Question: Archimedes has a lump on his side?

[kedakin94]

We've had Archimedes and Jarvis for about 2 weeks now, and while feeding them yesterday, we noticed that Archimedes had this lump on his side. Can anyone help identify what it is and whether we need to do anything about it?

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[kedakin94]

It might help to know that he is a few months old, and we're feeding them on ox heart at the moment until we can get some earthworms (we did try them on bloodworms, but they both refused to eat those and heart was easy for me to get hold of through my job). He eats fine and doesn't appear to be in any discomfort.

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[layna]

There current food is too fatty for them, id buy some pellets for the time being if you cant source any worms, if an axie is hungry he will eat, if you only offered them bloodworms they will eventually take them, was it a frozen cube? if so you need to defrost them first

You can get worms online from yorkshire worms or worms direct in the uk and pellets from exotic pets online or they have a store on ebay

 

[kedakin94]

Yeah, we have frozen bloodworm cubes... Do you feed the worms individually or drop a couple into the tank at a time? We tried both ways at first, but ended up just taking them all of out the tank after 30/40 minutes because they hadn't been touched.

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[layna]

If theyre frozen, then just defrost them and drop a few on their heads, they should snap at them if they see them moving

 

[kedakin94]

Okay thank you, we shall try that later and hope they eat!


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[snuggly time]

Hi,

You might find this useful. Axolotl feeding tutorial #33 - YouTube

Turkey basters are probably one of the best tools an axolotl owner can own! If they aren't interested you can let them fall on the axies head which sometimes works. :happy:

 

[kedakin94]

Ooh that looks like a nice clean way of feeding them! We shall try dropping the bloodworms on their heads first and see if that works, and maybe invest in a Turkey baster and a feeding bowl. Thanks for the link!

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[snuggly time]

Feeding jars work well too. Just squirt them into a simple glass jar, it stops the bloodworm from being kicked around the tank.

 

[kedakin94]

Like a small jam jar sort of size?


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[snuggly time]

Yeah if the axie fits in it. This is mine, although Wooper hardly fits in it anymore so I removed it. Plus he loves his earthworms which aren't messy.

 

[kedakin94]

Awh he's so cute! Especially in the second photo! Jarvis and Archimedes are still only about 10-12cm long so finding a jar big enough shouldn't be too hard yet


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[snuggly time]

Awh he's so cute! Especially in the second photo! Jarvis and Archimedes are still only about 10-12cm long so finding a jar big enough shouldn't be too hard yet


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You won't believe how fast they grow! I got that jar from asda for like £2 if you ever need a bigger jar. :wacko:

 

[kedakin94]

I shall go and have a look on their website in a minute in that case How long was it before yours grew out of the jar in the picture?

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[snuggly time]

He's probably around a year old now. He grew out of it at about 9 - 10 months old. He can still get in, but not as comfortably as he did, lol.

I think it's this one, only £1. Online Food Shopping - ASDA Groceries

 

[kedakin94]

Fab, thanks! Worth getting for a pound even if they don't end up using it really.
Ah so we have a few months to go yet, we think they're around 3/4 months old at the moment!

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[layna]

You can also just use a bowl, if you cant find a suitable jar, its only whilst they are on blood worms.
Now mine are on earthworms i either use reptile tweezers to lower it above their head of i use the turkey baster the suck it up and drop it on their head hehe.
Two of the best pieces of equipment you can have with axies is a gravel cleaner/siphon and a turkey baster!


This was my bowl so they didnt fight in a jar hehe

 

[kedakin94]

Thanks for the advice! We tried them with a bowl this evening when they were fed and it worked! Which we found odd considering they didn't want to touch the bloodworms beforehand haha. Very happy it did work though

I do have a video of it, but for some reason it won't let me upload it ):


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