So the pet store down the street from me pretty consistently has axolotls, the past few months ive seen one in there with a giant lump on his head ...they have the tank around 75-80 degrees so i finally had to save the little guy wondering if its an infection or what/ what can be done for him. I have little backround on this guy although i know the water conditions beside the temperature are well and they have a diet of exclusively tilapia and let me tell you these guys are massive quite unbelievable actually never seen any as big as some in that tank.
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Lumpy head axie
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anjelloca
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It looks pretty similar to what's going on in Pablo's post? (http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-beginner-newt-salamander-axolotl-help-topics/f48-axolotls-ambystoma-mexicanum/f58-sick-axolotl/101148-growing-lump-axolotl-head.html), he took him to a vet and had the lump aspirated and I guess the veterinarian found a fungal infection but it could be different, who knows?
Oh jeeze thanks although it must not be infectious as this one has been living in a 15gal with maybe 10 or 20 other axies for the past 4 months and the others show no similair symptoms as i was very concerned with that at first, his gills look good and hes very well fed to so i just dont know at this point haha
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