Today at the Seaquarium I measured out the seal evening feed which required me to replenish the fridge with fish for the next few days. For each seal I ensured I inserted the correct amount of vitamins and iron tablets into the feed as instructed on the food charts.
During the afternoon I spent time indoors measuring out the ‘ocean day’ evening feed. I was also given a tub of measured out squid pieces to target feed to the terrapins, axolotl, cat fish and ray. The feed was taken well by all apart from the axolotl who found the squid pieces too large to consume. Axolotls are carnivores. However, their teeth only allow them the ability to grip onto their food, rather than tear it apart so the food they consume must be small enough for them to swallow hole (Axolotl, 2012) . I informed Katie that the axolotls were struggling to swallow the squid. She swapped the squid for smaller pieces of chopped up fish. This worked effectively as the axolotls were then able to eat them.
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