Today the baby axolotl, Precious, Heidi and Lucky are 2cm long at about two weeks old. They are growing well, and are hungry! I have tried feeding them frozen blood worms (thawed), tiny pieces of boiled egg, and have even tried gold fish granules just to give it a go. Their favorite seems to be the bloodworms.
What I do is chop the thawed blood worm into tiny pieces just a few millimetres long. Then I use a thin wooden skewer to feed the baby axolotl from. I basically just wiggle it a little bit in front of their mouths, (mimicking live food) until they eat. This sometimes takes a little patience! I have noticed the last few days that all three babies, but Precious in particular, are starting to eat much more quickly when I feed them. I think they are starting to associate the human who comes hovering over their bowl, with food!
I feed them twice a day, morning and evening, and three times daily on the weekend when I have the time. Sometimes one won't eat, and then I just have to leave the food with it and hope for the best.
The preferred first food for axolotl larva is live. But as I came across these eggs unexpectedly, that wasn't possible. I was hoping my guppies may have produced some fry, in which case I would have tried that, but at least my alternative labour intensive feeding method seems to be working!
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