Question: Funny eaters

[fish4all]

My largest axolotl have become quite the funny eaters.

One day they will both eat earthworms chopped up and eat a ton of them, feeding almost 3 inches of worm to 4 inches total of axolotl.Mind you the worms are pretty small in dize so not a huge meal but bellies are full for sure.

The next day, I will feed them more worms and they spit them out, point blank, no way not eating them. I will go get some bloodworms and they slurp them right up. Not too many but they will eat some.

Repeat day 1.

I am begining to think that they both eat so much worm that they are pretty full and can't swallow anymore the next day where a few small bloodworms go down with ease.

Is this normal or do I just odd eating behavior in these two?

 

[bellyache]

My largest axolotl have become quite the funny eaters.

One day they will both eat earthworms chopped up and eat a ton of them, feeding almost 3 inches of worm to 4 inches total of axolotl.Mind you the worms are pretty small in dize so not a huge meal but bellies are full for sure.

The next day, I will feed them more worms and they spit them out, point blank, no way not eating them. I will go get some bloodworms and they slurp them right up. Not too many but they will eat some.

Repeat day 1.

I am begining to think that they both eat so much worm that they are pretty full and can't swallow anymore the next day where a few small bloodworms go down with ease.

Is this normal or do I just odd eating behavior in these two?

once they are adults they dont need fed each day, they can survive a long time before they want food, usually if they eat stuff then spit it out its because they are full.
it takes a while for them to digest food so they are probably just full.

 

[fish4all]

I think you are correct with them being full. It seems that the earthworm takes a little longer to digest and keeps them full longer. When I didn't feed any bloodworms they both ate nightcrawler 2 days in a row. It would seem that they eat a lot less but I know that isn't so.

Hopefully I get my pellets today or at least soon and the new diet for all of them will be pellets and nightcrawlers most of the time with grindal worms and white worms once or twice a week and the occasional blood worm treat.

Now I just need to make a nightcrawler bed so I can collect a bunch of them and have a steady supply. I wish they were as easy to culture as composting worms.

 

[leiafee]

Mine treats bloodworm like pudding - if he gets that first there's no way he's eat proper dinner afterwards, and he'll always find room for it somewhere!



I keep it as a treat or when I want to persuaded him to eat some of the pellets I want to finish off!

 

[fish4all]

Yep, worms first them bloodworms if they get any. Makes me feel like they don't get enough when they fill up to the point of spitting out nightcrawlers and I don't give any bloodworms because I know they would eat them.