FX1C
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Sharing an "I am such an idiot" story.
This morning I went to take my little axie tank to the kitchen to do the usual pooper scooping & 20% water change when the little tacker leapt from the tank managing to launch out the tiny gap in back of glass O.O he flew through the air & landed with a splat onto my freaky steam mopped tile floor (at least 5ft below!) :O I totally freaked out (nearly just dropped the whole tank!) I had so stiff plastic on the counter an slipped that underneath my little baby
managed to get him into his tank within about 10 secs but his feathery gills were slicked down & he looked like a newt... I gently filled the turkey baster with tank water & flowed it over the feathers & they took a couple of minutes to stand up again he didn't like the flow of water but seemed to realise it was helping & started to fluff his feathers in the flow...
He's been on close watch (peeking every 10mins!) & seems to be back to his usual self.... I've seen him poop a couple of times already & stick his head in the worm pit for a piggy session of live black worms - so both ends seem to be working is there anything else I should look out for? I've never been in such a panic!!
I never imagined a 5-6cm axie could launch its sweet slimy self so far & I can't wait until my big tank is ready for the little tacker because with all that energy he's going to need some exercise room <3
A picture of the piggy
Oh & if he survives this experience & me learning on the go - I think his/her name shall be "Splat"
This morning I went to take my little axie tank to the kitchen to do the usual pooper scooping & 20% water change when the little tacker leapt from the tank managing to launch out the tiny gap in back of glass O.O he flew through the air & landed with a splat onto my freaky steam mopped tile floor (at least 5ft below!) :O I totally freaked out (nearly just dropped the whole tank!) I had so stiff plastic on the counter an slipped that underneath my little baby
managed to get him into his tank within about 10 secs but his feathery gills were slicked down & he looked like a newt... I gently filled the turkey baster with tank water & flowed it over the feathers & they took a couple of minutes to stand up again he didn't like the flow of water but seemed to realise it was helping & started to fluff his feathers in the flow...He's been on close watch (peeking every 10mins!) & seems to be back to his usual self.... I've seen him poop a couple of times already & stick his head in the worm pit for a piggy session of live black worms - so both ends seem to be working
is there anything else I should look out for? I've never been in such a panic!!I never imagined a 5-6cm axie could launch its sweet slimy self so far & I can't wait until my big tank is ready for the little tacker
because with all that energy he's going to need some exercise room <3A picture of the piggy
Oh & if he survives this experience & me learning on the go - I think his/her name shall be "Splat"
