How long do baby axolotls need live food?

[kiwigurl]

Hi there
I now have four baby axies, nearly 2cm, how long do I continue to feed them the daphina for? They have front legs and seem rather healthy but Im not too sure as to what stage they will be able to eat the same food as our adult axolotls. Thanks.

 

[Jake]

Have you read www.axolotl.org/ ? There is a great section on rearing larvae there that will answer most if not all of your questions. To answer your question though, they take live food until they have reached a little over an inch in lenght and then you can switch them to frozen thawed bloodworms. Then when they get their lungs (at the same time as they get full back legs) you can switch them to fingerling trout or salmon pellets.