Question: Do I have an axolotl or a tiger salamander ?

[Noey Hart]

My mom kill the worms for me because I could never take a living worm in my tweezers and seeing them already makes me sick. I have pellets since the first day and have tried them but he doesn't eat them, I have tried almost everything and he only eats earthworms, he refuses everything else. He is slowly starting to look like a normal axolotl, I figured out he didn't look like one because his gills, tail and limbs have been chewed up by others at the petshop, poor thing
Now it's the albino one who's causing me some major problems so if anyone is interested in helping me, I posted in the "sick axolotl" part...
Anyway, here is a picture of them, the one on the left is when I got them about 15 days ago and the one on the right is two days ago

 

[auntiejude]

They are looking much better! Gills are growing back, they are filling out a bit. How is the wildtype's tail doing?

 

[Noey Hart]

His tail is doing fine, he's having pigments in the tip of his tail now Slowly but surely growing, he was about 6 cm 3 days ago, he is probably a little bit longer today
No one have answers for my other post about my albino?..

 

[Sweetie]

Some pictures from today, he didn't really took any weight since I have got him, I hope I'll see a difference with other kind of worms.

Do not despair - he really is gaining weight. His tiny tummy is definitely wider than in your first photos. Pay attention to your water changes - 20% or so every day or every second day until you are absolutely certain your tank has cycled (ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates 40 or below). Temperature should be 16 to 19 degrees celcius. Keep it below 20 degrees.

 

[EmbryH]

Congrats on the improvement of your little wildy! I'll head over and see if I have any helpful advice for the albino.

 

[Noey Hart]

Thanks everyone! I'll try to take some pictures of his belly to see if he has gained weight

 

[Noey Hart]

Hi everyone, if anyone is interested I took some pictures today of my tiny baby, he is looking way better each day
He still has weird looking feet but that doesn't matter haha
The first one is a little before from when I got him and after, which is today, and the others ones are from today
He still refuses anything else than earthworms and dried shrimp ( as a treat ) but at least he's eating !

 

[HayleyK]

He looks a tonne better

 

[spot26]

Wow!!! Well done, you've done a great job! He looks awesome.

 

[Gail24]

My three all eat Earthworms live ,they love being hand fed or I put some in their tanks and they hunt them ,yours do seem very skinny ,that's why this forum is awesome ,cause you get really good advice ,hope this helps

 

[Noey Hart]

Thanks everyone, without this forum he wouldn't look like this, I'm proud of this little guy ( or girl )

 

[Sweetie]

He doesn't need anything apart from earthworms, so if that is pretty much all he will eat (apart from occasional shrimp), that is not a problem. Earthworms are the best and most balanced diet for adult axies.
My axie has grown back his hind leg, and the new toes on that foot are slightly webbed too.

 

[Cacique]

The little axolotl looks great. Good job helping him/her heal up.

 

[Noey Hart]

I guess I have no other choice than sticking with earthworms for him
Yeah, he has an "upside down" arm in the front, so it looks like he is waving at me all the time and on the back he has a feet with three littles toes and on one of the toes there is a tiny tiny toes growing on it, I can post pictures if anyone is interested in seeing his weird feet haha !
I thought the younger they were, the better they were regrowing their limbs but he is just so special!

 

[vainglory]

I'd definitely like to see his tiny toes! He sounds like a unique axolotl. I am happy to see him getting better.

 

[Noey Hart]

For sure he is a really special lotl!
Here are the pictures, first one is his weird little feet that I was talking about, then the other one shows his upside down front leg, he was posing with dirt on his face so don't judge haha
Then some pics of his little face because he had a cheeky little smile, and last but not least, with his partner in crime
Thanks to everyone who's paying attention to his development, pictures are from a few days ago

 

[HayleyK]

Looks like a completely different axolotl, good job! That crooked hand is quite a cute little deformity

 

[vainglory]

Aw it really does look like he's waving. I hope it doesn't bother him, though he does look much happier now.

 

[Noey Hart]

Yeah I think it looks cute too that he's waving all the time. It looks like it's annoying him sometimes, like it often get stuck behind his gills but he doesn't have any other choice than living with it

 

[Sweetie]

You really do have two of the most adorable axies! Love their cute little smiling faces and those gorgeous feathery gills are absolutely magnificent. They are truly wonderful little beasties. No wonder we find our lotls totally irresistible.