Mouse Mason
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I was feeding my Axolotls yesterday, and (I think, because I didnt didn't see it) one of them nipped the other on the tail. Certainly, there was no damage before, and now there is a v-shaped nip out of the end of his tail. My axis get on fine when it's not feeding time, but often nip each other by accident during feeding when they go for the same bit of food, but so far there have been no injuries.
My questions are:
Is there any sign of an infection? If not- how do I prevent one from occuring (eg, do i put him in a separate container), and if there is, which i really hope there's not, how do I treat it?
Also, could this nipping be a sign they're hungry/under fed? I give them one frozen cube of various food (I have a mixed pack, but its mostly blood worms) a day, and they are both about 2/3 months old.
Finally, I'm sorry if I sound paranoid, ita just I'm new and this has never happened before, so if there's any questions I've forgotten to ask/advice you want to give, please tell me!![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Oh and final, final thing- the pictures where taken just after feeding, which is why blood worms where everywhere, I do take out what they haven't eaten after a short time, and Skipper (the nipped axolotl) wouldnt stay still for more than two seconds which is why the photos are a bit blurry![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
My questions are:
Is there any sign of an infection? If not- how do I prevent one from occuring (eg, do i put him in a separate container), and if there is, which i really hope there's not, how do I treat it?
Also, could this nipping be a sign they're hungry/under fed? I give them one frozen cube of various food (I have a mixed pack, but its mostly blood worms) a day, and they are both about 2/3 months old.
Finally, I'm sorry if I sound paranoid, ita just I'm new and this has never happened before, so if there's any questions I've forgotten to ask/advice you want to give, please tell me!
Oh and final, final thing- the pictures where taken just after feeding, which is why blood worms where everywhere, I do take out what they haven't eaten after a short time, and Skipper (the nipped axolotl) wouldnt stay still for more than two seconds which is why the photos are a bit blurry