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It's somewhat common for humans to have intramyocardial fat infiltration--I thought maybe (especially exercise-light) cows might suffer from this as well, perhaps to even a greater extent than humans--but, I don't know much about cows
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I guess I was grasping at anything that would justify not feeding them beef
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I've heard several say this, and fat sounded like the best logical reason yet.

Jordan--I think that earthworms and crickets are both relatively balanced staples. If I had to rank the two, I'd probably pick crickets over earthworms just because I have a better feeling about their overall nutritional balance--and they can be "gutloaded" to make them even better.

I'm sure pellets are fine, too; I personally haven't tried them yet. One (_very_ minor) downside to pellets is that they usually aren't controlled for thyroxine. For example, the Axolotl Colony reported a significantly higher rate of metamorphosis because of them. However, it's still not so common, and they also reported good results with growth rates and overall health with the pellets.

I also like live food because my axolotls have the good experience of chasing down food, and it's extremely inexpensive if you culture your own food--in both terms of time and money.
 
Yes i am willing to give many different foods to my axie, i was just wondering what you thought was best. I will provide worms, pellets, ad dan occasional cricket or 2.
 
If the worms are kept in a calcium enriched soil, then unlike crickets they will have a positive calcium to phosphorus balance.

Ed
 
I gave Stella a cricket about a week and a half ago - and now she won't eat anything but crickets. I managed to get beef heart into her but she shakes her head at earthworms or just ignores them completely.

I have been gutloading the crickets before I feed them to her, so is this okay as a staple?

Otherwise, is there a way I can get her to eat worms? She used to love them.
 
Casey--don't worry... as long as you don't mind giving her crickets she should thrive on them. If you raise them on a healthy enough diet, gutloading isn't even a real necessity.

It's a good point about the calcium that Ed makes though--since you can't really boost the presence of calcium in the crickets, dusting the crickets with calcium is a good idea.

(Message edited by lactose on November 08, 2005)
 
How do you feed them the crickets? do just let them float on the surface?
 
Also beef heart is quite lean, the actual heart can be surrounded by fat but the actual heart muscle is virtually fat free.
 
But can you be assured that the beefheart you're feeding doesn't contain that fat? I couldn't say how pet-trade beefheart is prepared. I'm not saying beefheart is bad. It's part of a well-rounded diet. You should just get it from a company that's reputable and offers exact nutritional data.

You can't dust crickets to feed to axolotls (the dust washes off the second they hit the water). I use tongs to feed mine.

Casey, you can use the starvation method. Stop feeding crickets and offer only earthworms. After a few days of not eating, she'll take the worm again.
 
Heheh about dusting--oops, guess I was posting too late and wasn't thinking clearly. However, it would put a good amount of calcium in their water; are the particles too large to be absorbed?

A more reasonable way might be to gutload with calcium.


(Message edited by lactose on November 08, 2005)
 
I think the calcium is just as calcium carbonate, and would just make the water 'hard'. But using a nutritional suppliment (multivitamin and calcium) as a gutload is a great way to get some extra good stuff into your axolotl's diet.
 
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