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My Axolotl won't eat pellet

Cindygao0217

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My Axolotl won't eat pellet anymore. They only eat frozen or live food now but the cost is way too expensive since I have 4 Axolotl so I can't keep them like that. Anyone know how to make them eat the pellet again
 

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If you set yourself up with a worm farm you won't have to buy food - you'll be able to breed your own.
 

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But it smell and my family won't like it at all since I still live with my family plus I am afraid to touch the trash all that because there might be magnet
 

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You can get over your fear and grow worms, buy them live/frozen food, or give them to someone that can manage them... You don't really have more choices. They aren't supposed to eat pellets and feeding them only pellets will make them weaker and more likely to get sick and need medication and more expensive stuff later on. They need the variation in food items...
One other thing you could do is raise feeder guppies, but you need something to keep them in, like a tank with a filter, or a bucket... or rubbermaid storage tub... and they might smell too if you don't keep it nice and clean...
Those are the only options I can think of...
 
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