Triturus Marmoratus Looking Sick

One of my 2 year old Marmoratus isn't doing well I think. His eyes are half closed, he looks like he got a "cold", and he doesn't react to food, except walking away from it slowly, as if being irritated by it's movements.

I also saw a slimy substance coming from his mouth a couple of days ago.

He looks a bit skinnier then before. What could be the problem? Anyone had this or something similar too?

Maybe it's best if I quarantaine it?

I would suggest quarantine as this can be a symptom of many things.

Ed

I've quarantained it in a small container, with live moss, a bit of bark and a tissue with bloodworms.

Am I forgetting something? Are the prospects grim with these kinds of symptoms Ed?

(Message edited by coendeurloo on December 09, 2006)

(Message edited by coendeurloo on December 09, 2006)

This is how he looks right now, eyes half-closed, and a dry skin...enough moist places in the quarantaine box though.

One more to show the dryness of the skin:



What to do?



(Message edited by coendeurloo on December 11, 2006)

Hi Coen...how is it?

Thanks for showing interest Omicron!

He is now inside instead of in the barn, and he seems a little more active, but I'm not sure if he has eaten anything. Too bad there is nothing I can do just to be sure...just giving him the option to be in a moist or dry environment seems all I can do right now, and keeping him relatively cool (about 13 degrees in front of my window)

If I have the luck of seeing him recover, I'll let you know! If anyone has suggestions...I'm still desperate to hear some!

Best of lucks man...:S

How is it.

Pretty good. he ate some waxworms and is now showing some strange behaviour:

When he's asleep (or resting) and when I pick him up to check up on him, he is opening his mouth widely, his hind legs bend backwards against his tail, and he turns really stiff for about 30 seconds to 1 minute.

Could this be some kind of unken reflex? It looks really strange.

Most likely a mineral deficiency -
Do you supplement the food it eats with any commercially available vitamin dusts?

I try to vary his food as much as I can, and I do give him waxworms which I dust with calcium every now and then. As of yet I don't know which vitamins package would be suitable for newts here in Holland.

I though the mineral deficiency would express itself in a slowly developing curvature of the spine etc.?

I have him for about 2 months now. How fast does this develop?