Broken Arm :(

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Hey everyone,

So during feeding time today, one of my axolotls bit the other and it seems like he broke his arm :( I feel so terrible for the poor thing, I have no idea what to now!

Please, any advice would be appreciated
 
Can you post photos? If it's not broken it'll heal itself. If it's badly broken it might drop off and regrow, but if it's broken and doesn't seem to be fixing or coming off you may as a very last resort need to amputate it for him so he can grow a new one.


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emdalliance said:
Can you post photos? If it's not broken it'll heal itself. If it's badly broken it might drop off and regrow, but if it's broken and doesn't seem to be fixing or coming off you may as a very last resort need to amputate it for him so he can grow a new one.


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I uploaded to imgur for higher quality. It is very badly broken and it's honestly torturing me to see him like this!! I will be separating them now during feeding time, but the damage is already done.

This only happened today, but I can't stand the thought of how much pain the poor animal must be in right now

Here are the pictures

PS: pardon the dirty aquarium, I am in the middle of cleaning it
 
Perhaps remove it yourself? A lot of people don't like others saying that. But in reality it would have been better if your axolotl had bitten it clean off. It won't regrow with it still hanging on.

I can't tell from the photos if it's broken or whether it's just had a chunk bitten out of it. You can usually see bone if it's deep.


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