Fletch Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Great news. Well done Sarah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Thanks... wait... he ate TWO WORMS and a PELLET! To be honest, I didn't feed him for the last two days, so when he saw the worm I think he nibbled at it because he was hungry.. then realized how great they are! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 That's really great Sarah. Now to train him to not eat gravel....... <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 I can do better than that - NO GRAVEL AT ALL. I wonder where the gravel came from.... Oh, there was more mozzie wrigglers in this morning (only one, and it was a new 'batch'). Anyway.. it is gone.. could Aristotle Axolotl have eaten all of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neffy Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 YAY =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Thanks Neffy! I'm so happy.. he is really going to be alright, I know it. Got up today, and knew it was going to be a good day... IT WAS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 yay!!!!!! glad to know everything's okay :cheer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Thanks MT. Guess what.. he pooed out two more pieces of gravel! That makes the grand total FIVE! Poor little thing. I think the worms helped him pass them.. I hope there isn't any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 :blink: What did he do? Siphon the whole tank? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Must have.. I don't know if it was the LFS who had the gravel, or their supplier. I love going to this LFS, so I wasn't paying a single bit of attention to their tank - too busy walking around looking at everything with this stupid grin on my face. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanagi Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Sorry haven't been paying much attention lately. Yeah, there is gravel in their tank. We don't have a proper axolotl set up, they just go in the goldfish system because people keep asking for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 (edited) Too bad.. could you possibly take it out, replace it with sand or something? Sorry if I sound rude.. I just really feel for the poor guy! :( Edited January 26, 2011 by Sarah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Aristotle Axolotl is eating well, still a little hesitant - but eating ON HIS OWN with no trouble! Each pellet, each worm he eats is a joy to me. I move him to a large critter-keeper when it is feeding time. It makes cleaning much easier, as when I fed him in his tub he would swim into the plants and the food will be washed into the jungle of plants and be lost forever.. until I get it out later anyway. Sorry that the pictures are a little distorted, it is the plastic critter-keeper. Couldn't eat in the middle could he? I 'borrowed' the combining photo idea from Shadoh. Thanks Jarrod. Didn't do it quite as stylish as you do, but it works. Did I mention he is growing his gills!?!?! They are a beautiful chocolate brown. Slowly getting bigger with each meal. Can't wait to see what he looks like all grown up. LOOK!!! ^^ I'm so happy, he is getting a bit fatter too. I thought this was cute. Shows his size. Here Aristotle Axolotl didn't want to streach and show you all how long he is.. Noooo.. he wanted to see what this funny thing was. He is now much more curious - I take that as a very good sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) wow. he's tiny! and cute as ever XD great to know he's fattening up ^-^ Edited February 3, 2011 by MT Syndrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Great to hear he is doing so well Sarah! I didn't realize how tiny he really was... How is the "scar" on his side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted February 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Thanks MT, he sure is tinsy! They are supposed to be as wide as their head, so still a lot more fating up to go. Haha.. yeah, wasn't too sure about buying him, being such a littly and all, but I couldn't resist. The scar is still the same as ever, I think it is actually a scar, not just a cut. Thanks for the comments. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted March 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 I'm glad to say Aristotle Axolotl's appetite has improved greatly over the past two days, he is know eating like a normal axie - that is munching down anything that falls in the tank. I just felt his side, and it doesn't feel hollow or mushy anymore - but strong & firm! He had fungus for a while, but that has all cleared up now. Oh and the 'scar' on his side is all gone. Although he does have a broken leg, you can see the bone in it (No skin), and from the knee down the leg flops uselessly, dead. BUTTTT... it is also clearing up, doesn't look red or swollen like it did a week ago, and new skin is starting to grow over his bone, but you can still see it. I even saw him twitch his toes the other day, so now this leg is receiving faint connections (sounds like a radio ). Today he is starting to use the bottom half of his leg, but still appears to look like he is rowing a boat with one oar only on one side of the boat. While this has been happening for his leg, he hasn't been able to swim so he is staying in a 3L critter keeper, the very same one I use to feed him in. I'm just about to clean out a plastic tub and see how he goes in that. I'm sure in no time he will be living once again with Banana. .. oh yeah, sorry for not mentioning about his leg a few weeks ago. .. OK, more like a month or so ago.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neffy Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 D= at least they regrow how did it manage to break tho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted March 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 I'm not actually sure. He had fungus on this leg.. and it progressed. Once it was cured, I just noticed it was broken. It is a mystery, I really don't understand! :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGirl13 Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Yay Sarah and Aristotle haven't looked at this one for a while so had to have a catch-up. Glad he is making good progress, give him a smile and a wave from me, Jo xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted March 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Thanks Jo! Leg is looking a bit better today - he is starting to be able to maneuver a lot better. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted March 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 This photo was taken on the 31st of December, 2010 - And this photo was taken on Thursday - Look at how he has grown! Oh, in the second photo you can kind of see his leg, it is the bottom left one. See how the skin is starting to grow over it? It is really worse side-on though. And the tub he is in is his feeding container, he doesn't live in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 He's looking good Sarah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted March 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Thanks Jarrod! I'm so happy he is OK, he was really weak when I got him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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