Fluffinmuffins
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I have a juvenile axolotl, I’d say around 6 months old probably. Growing very rapidly now. I primarily had him/her on a diet of live blackworms, that I still occasionally feed until I run out. Outgrowing then at this point because it is eating a turkey baster full twice a day. I recently starting feeding European nightcrawlers as well, to ease the transition once the blackworms are gone. My little guy seems to love them, but is constantly hungry. I feed a fairly large worm, large enough to eat whole but not struggle with. Immediately after, he is looking for more! He will swim to the surface, begging for another. Generally I will allow a few hours to digest and then feed him some blackworms so they don’t go to waste, but he is literally still hungry. I’ve heard you can’t over feed a juvenile axolotl, but I have overfed in the past contributing to a high nitrate problem. This guy has famously huge turds. Should I feed him as much as he can eat or will he always be looking for food no matter what? There was a time where when he was done he would swim off and appear uninterested. Now, he is simply ravenous 24/7. I don’t want to over feed (have done so before and had a nitrate issue for a while), but also don’t want to underfeed if it will simply convert to growth in the long run.
