Silly Axie

[grant]

Yea I know beefheart is bad I just feed him it every other week just to put in some variety to his pellets and redworms and bloodworms. But hey Lisa how often did you feed beefheart to your axie?

 

[anne-marie]

Natasha, mine didn't really llike the earthworms first up either - but I persisted and now around 5 of my 8 axies will eat them. Have you tried prawn flesh, bits of fish, frozen krill or other frozen food?

I'm going to add a comment here and I'll probably get flamed but - I have fed beef liver almost exclusively to my original male and female - they are perfectly healthy, lay eggs, look good, all that stuff. Since being on these forums however, I have cut that back a lot and now feed earthworms, small bits of fish, prawns and also still heart and liver, but less of it. Quetzal is eight, Tonantzin is around 5(?). No adverse effects yet.

 

[halszka]

The worms from Bunnings ARE earthworms. I just stick a bunch of food scraps like bread and vegetable peels every 2 days or so, stir the soil up in the box they came in, cover in wet newspaper and close the box.

Try not feeding your axie for two or three days, then offer her the earthworms. That did the trick with Mokey.

I saw some crickets at Pisces Aquariums, just lil tiny ones. How big are the ones you guys use?

And also, I thought beef heart was pure muscle, ie: not fatty. Isn't it the liver that is fatty?

 

[natasha]

The first lot of worms I got from the aquarium shop were defaintly earth worms they were kind of white in colour. (The ones she likes that no one has anymore)

The second lot were the red ones and brought from Bunnings (local hardware store) they were in a worm farm (it was just a cardboard box full of dirt and worms).

The crickets I have only keep about three weeks they are in a take away container and the only thing I feed them is carrot. I might have a look for some cricket food.

Ann-Marie what type of prawn should I feed her (I am not a seafood eater and don't have a clue) like shrimps from the deli at the supermarket or something or different?

I have tried a cpl bait shops for worms and nothing.

Ann-Marie where do you get your worms from?

 

[rheann]

Here in the States, most people call the little Prawns, creyfish or Crawdaddies. They range in different colors from tan, yellow to gray or green, sometimes blue or pinkish. I am not sure if they would be the same things there in Australia, but I think what Anne is talking about are small, or maybe shrimp? I don't know lol, because I hear shrimp are called prawns. I was wondering my self if store bought shrimp from a grocery store would be good for Axolotls? i was thinking of feeding some to my axies if it is safe. but only as treats. any suggestions anyone? Natasha, I hope you can get your Axies eating good food soon

Just remember, don't feed the spikey worms

 

[halszka]

That's the kind of worm farm I have, Natasha. But white earth worms? Maybe those were something else?

 

[rheann]

http://www.thearkfoundation.org/SAA/public/care/food/worms.htm
Do these look like the worms you fed, Natasha?

 

[grant]

You said the original worms you fed were white in color? Well those might not have been earthworms. I am not familiar with the worms in Australia but I know in the south (in America) here are these white worms that can get really big but they aren't earthworms. But I occasionally feed my axie frozen krill. They are like little shrimp and he loves them. I got them at a local pet store in the frozen section. Almost all petstores over here have em.

 

[anne-marie]

I think maybe you might have got mealworms originally- white, fat, segmented, kind of dry looking? Which aquarium shop was it? Try Veba's in O'Connor if you can - Saturday afternoons are the best time - they have a large range of fresh, frozen and pellet foods - they rock! The worms I feed are ordinary earthworms from my worm farm - probably exactly like you one you had.

With the prawns, I buy them frozen because I don't trust re-freezing something which has already been thawed. The prawns are ordinary human-consumption prawns from supermarkets. I recently picked up three frozen skewers of prawns for $5 at Woolworths. Or you could try river prawns from the bait freezer as these are always frozen.

Just an aside - beef heart is pure cardiac muscle with a little fat on the top but you cut that off. Liver should be full of toxins and yucky stuff, but my axies love it, or used to. I do agree that it would be difficult for them to digest as it appears quite dense.

(Message edited by waltona on June 22, 2005)

 

[natasha]

Halszka, I tried starving her for about for days she would not have a bar of them. I am pretty sure the white ones were earthworms, the bunnings ones are just really red in comparsion. I will call Morley aquariums again see if they have them back. If ever I get my hands back on them I will post pics.

The crickets I get are from Pet City Joondalup labeled reptile food which is quite ammusing seeing they don't sell reptiles!!. They have small, medium and large I get the medium ones, they also have woodies whatever they are?

I might have to make a trip to O'Connor then, fair drive from Mullaloo though!! ah well I don't mind.

Rheann, that link doesn't work for me? maybe that site doesn't agree with firefox.

 

[lisa]

Natasha, the worms i buy are called "Scrub worms" or "Scrubbies". I get them from a bait shop, (1/2 the price of the tubs or worms at the pet shop. They're sort of grey colored, and big and fat, so I have to chop them into pieces (very yuck) but the axies love them. I had trouble with smaller worms, (earth worms, little thin red ones) until I found scrubbies.
Also, sorry again Grant, didn't mean to patronise. My axie had beef heart 2 - 3 times a week. After reading some of your other posts it is obvious to me now, your axies have a very varied diet, and the beef heart probably wont hurt them. Sorry again.

 

[anne-marie]

Woodies are I think cockroaches. Yum Yum.

Veba's has got lots of interesting marine and tropical fish so its worth the drive just to check it out. And no fee to get in - you listening AQWA?
And it's all for sale.

 

[mitch]

i know this is completley off the subject but i was just wondering if anyone knew what was wrong with my axolotl. He or She not quite sure yet, just got it, has developed these mucusy white lenses over his eyes and his hairy things have fanished.

 

[nathan]

Hmm from what I am hearing it dose not sound good axies are usually sick form the pet shop and I think yours is a sick one. the mucus over the eye is that under or over the eye that happened to my female once but it was under the eye, it has past now and is all good now I would tell you to give it a salt bath but I have no experience on the mater i will leave that to someone else although I think this is a case were I think it would be beneficial. Could you send some pics?

 

[mitch]

i pretty sure that the lense is on the outside of the eyes. having some problems uploading the pictures. but i'm sure that he definitely got what hes got from my tank because he was in perfect nick when i bought him from the pet shop and in a clean aquiriam by himself.

 

[nathan]

hmm over the eye thats a different story i would still say salt bath but post this in your own thread to get more responses.