DigiriblePlum
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My axie, Cad, is a little over a year old now and I'm having a bit of a nightmare trying to get her eating properly.
She turned her nose up at earthworms when I first got her but I was advised to blanche them first, and that seemed to work. For months she was eating fine.
Then, all of a sudden, she started refusing worms entirely. Wouldn't touch them, whether they were blanched or not - she might take half of one if she was really hungry but definitely no more than that.
I tried a couple different things on advice from folk here and from her breeder - she wouldn't touch sinking pellets and would only take a little Repashy paste now and then.
She seemed to like live river shrimp but I don't have the space or capability to run my own breeding stock, and the last lot I got from a local supplier were half dead when they arrived so I don't really want to go back there.
I think she's alright with bloodworms but I'm not certain as she spreads them all over the tank whenever I leave her some so it's hard to tell if she's actually eating them.
The only thing I've found that she'll reliably eat plenty of is prawn, but I get the impression from research that this isn't a great diet for her - that it's sort of like living off of big macs. And I think my own experience is bearing that out - I had to fridge her for a few days last week with what I think was constipation.
I'd really like to get her on a better diet after that, especially as I think she's on the too-skinny side, but I'm at a complete loss. Absolutely any advice anyone can give me will be greatly appreciated (I'm in the UK just for reference).
She turned her nose up at earthworms when I first got her but I was advised to blanche them first, and that seemed to work. For months she was eating fine.
Then, all of a sudden, she started refusing worms entirely. Wouldn't touch them, whether they were blanched or not - she might take half of one if she was really hungry but definitely no more than that.
I tried a couple different things on advice from folk here and from her breeder - she wouldn't touch sinking pellets and would only take a little Repashy paste now and then.
She seemed to like live river shrimp but I don't have the space or capability to run my own breeding stock, and the last lot I got from a local supplier were half dead when they arrived so I don't really want to go back there.
I think she's alright with bloodworms but I'm not certain as she spreads them all over the tank whenever I leave her some so it's hard to tell if she's actually eating them.
The only thing I've found that she'll reliably eat plenty of is prawn, but I get the impression from research that this isn't a great diet for her - that it's sort of like living off of big macs. And I think my own experience is bearing that out - I had to fridge her for a few days last week with what I think was constipation.
I'd really like to get her on a better diet after that, especially as I think she's on the too-skinny side, but I'm at a complete loss. Absolutely any advice anyone can give me will be greatly appreciated (I'm in the UK just for reference).