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Question: Axolotl snacks

Kc0olm

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Hello

We feed our 7-month-old axie live red worms. She was raised on them. Some days she wants three whole worms. But I’d like to diversify her diet a little - or, should I!

Now, if I want to give her treats, what do you recommend?

On Amazon I found

1)

Zilla Reptile Food Munchies River Shrimp for Turtles, Salamanders, Axolotls, and Large Tropical Fish​


2)

Tetra BabyShrimp 0.35 Ounce, Natural Shrimp Treat For aquarium Fish​


3)

Invert Aquatics Soft Pellets for Axolotls - Moist Sinking Diet for Axolotl, Newts, Salamanders & Other Small Amphibians​


Those are just examples of what I found on Amazon. I prefer the live, fresh ones. I don’t see “meat pellets” as being too exciting for a poor creature in a tank. Can you comment on the above or give me suggestions? Thank you!
 

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mine tend to have a varied diet of live or frozen food, live being worms, fish or shrimp, frozen being bloodworm, brineshrimp, mysis, krill, beefheart, chopped cockle/mussel/prawn.
 
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