faebugz
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Hi all, I thought that I had a pretty good handle on how much I was feeding my lotls Arthur and Lavender. I generally feed them one large (proportionate to their size) earthworm every 3 days. I fed Arthur more when I first rescued him as he was severely under weight, but he has a nice big belly now so he gets the same frequency as Lavender.
Imagine my surprise when the other day I saw lavender attempting to eat him through the divider!
She was doing the whole, "put nose against thing to smell and confirm potential tastiness- chomp incoming!!" Before smashing her nose into the mesh.
Is this because she's hungry? I used to feed her every day or every other day, but I ended up slowing down around the end of August because she got a throat infection and wasn't interested in food. She's all healed up now, but even when she was eating the worms again she wouldnt seem very interested or hungry.
Arthur is closing in on 8" and still growing (I got him in April at barely over 5" and 1.5 years old). Lavender is almost 11" and 2.5 years old, she is also still growing surprisingly albeit slowly. I got her at 4" and 1 years old, also severely underweight.
They both have big round bellies. Should I be feeding them more, or is it normal for them to be constantly hungry like a lab would be?
Part of the reason why I cut back is to keep nitrates down, since they are in a 30 gallon together. I would like to switch them into my 50 gallon eventually, but until then this is what I've got.
Anyway! Would love to hear what everyone's feeding schedule is like
Imagine my surprise when the other day I saw lavender attempting to eat him through the divider!
She was doing the whole, "put nose against thing to smell and confirm potential tastiness- chomp incoming!!" Before smashing her nose into the mesh.
Is this because she's hungry? I used to feed her every day or every other day, but I ended up slowing down around the end of August because she got a throat infection and wasn't interested in food. She's all healed up now, but even when she was eating the worms again she wouldnt seem very interested or hungry.
Arthur is closing in on 8" and still growing (I got him in April at barely over 5" and 1.5 years old). Lavender is almost 11" and 2.5 years old, she is also still growing surprisingly albeit slowly. I got her at 4" and 1 years old, also severely underweight.
They both have big round bellies. Should I be feeding them more, or is it normal for them to be constantly hungry like a lab would be?
Part of the reason why I cut back is to keep nitrates down, since they are in a 30 gallon together. I would like to switch them into my 50 gallon eventually, but until then this is what I've got.
Anyway! Would love to hear what everyone's feeding schedule is like