Sick axie

[samantha]

I have two axies a male and a female, i have had them about 6 months and they have both been really good eaters but over the past few weeks the male has gone really sluggish not moving around much and he wont eat he has 2 meal worms in the past 3 weeks. Any ideas what could be wrong with him?

 

[skylar]

Maybe the cold? What temp is the tank?

 

[alex]

meal worms can constipate axies i think. whats the temp of the tank?.

 

[jojo]

Meal worms are quite hard for axies to digest - given they have an outer shell, so like alex suggested - he could be clogged up/constipated.
Try feeding him something else - give him abit of variety.

 

[skylar]

As jojo and alex said, constipation is a likely cause. But also, if the water temp is cold, that might be whats affecting your axies. One of my axies is just as active in the fridge as in the tank which is kept at 20 degrees, and eats normally, yet the other one is slow and sluggish and won't eat.

 

[sharn]

i posted something in the other thread

 

[samantha]

I have my tank at about 64 degrees F,which my tutor said it needs to be at to help there digestive system work properly.

 

[sharn]

i think anywhere from 10C-20C they 'work' fine. above well- thats over heating them and below you probably wont notice much difference till you get to around 7C or below i think. their digestive system works good at quite a wide temperature range. 18C/64F is a great temp though so thats probably not a problem

id say hes blocked up

 

[jojo]

Ive posted in your other thread - something along the lines of Sharn's post lol

 

[samantha]

Thanks for the help i will keep you informed.

 

[alex]

hope all goes well!