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Hi fellow axie lovers!
First post on here, and I'm hoping someone can provide some guidance or resassurance. My beloved axolotl, Montie, hasn't eaten for almost 2 weeks, and I'm not sure what is wrong and how concerned I should be. He is just shy of one year old, and we've only ever fed him earthworms. I was feeding him one earth worm/day before he stopped eating; I realize now that this might have been too much for a one-year old. A few days before he stopped eating, he had an odd white-ish poop that kind of resembled one of his worms; this of course concerned me, but he ate normally the next few days, so I figured he was fine. Tonight I also noticed a greenish-brownish poop(?) on the bottom of his tank.
Other than these symptoms, he looks and is acting normal. His gills aren't curved forward, his tail isn't curled, he's not floating, and he's not any more or less active than usual. I've noticed no changes in color or spots on his body. Interestingly, he does seem to react to the worm when I put it in front of him - he'll look up at it or sometimes even follow it around he tank - but he won't snap at it.
My tank is a 20L with just Montie in it. Temperature is currently 68 degrees, although it has gotten up to 74 briefly a few times this summer. We moved the tank to the basement about a week ago to alleviate this issue, but he stopped eating before the tank move, so I don't think this is the cause. Ammonia is at 0. I unfortunately don't have a full water testing kit to provide complete water parameters, but I just ordered one from Amazon Prime, so I should have those in a day or two.
I've attached some pictures from this week so that you all can get a look at him. I would very much appreciate any guidance that anyone has!
First post on here, and I'm hoping someone can provide some guidance or resassurance. My beloved axolotl, Montie, hasn't eaten for almost 2 weeks, and I'm not sure what is wrong and how concerned I should be. He is just shy of one year old, and we've only ever fed him earthworms. I was feeding him one earth worm/day before he stopped eating; I realize now that this might have been too much for a one-year old. A few days before he stopped eating, he had an odd white-ish poop that kind of resembled one of his worms; this of course concerned me, but he ate normally the next few days, so I figured he was fine. Tonight I also noticed a greenish-brownish poop(?) on the bottom of his tank.
Other than these symptoms, he looks and is acting normal. His gills aren't curved forward, his tail isn't curled, he's not floating, and he's not any more or less active than usual. I've noticed no changes in color or spots on his body. Interestingly, he does seem to react to the worm when I put it in front of him - he'll look up at it or sometimes even follow it around he tank - but he won't snap at it.
My tank is a 20L with just Montie in it. Temperature is currently 68 degrees, although it has gotten up to 74 briefly a few times this summer. We moved the tank to the basement about a week ago to alleviate this issue, but he stopped eating before the tank move, so I don't think this is the cause. Ammonia is at 0. I unfortunately don't have a full water testing kit to provide complete water parameters, but I just ordered one from Amazon Prime, so I should have those in a day or two.
I've attached some pictures from this week so that you all can get a look at him. I would very much appreciate any guidance that anyone has!
