ciara
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Hi,
So I have 27 CFB efts, some from last year and some from the year before. I have been raising them terrestrially on damp kitchen roll with access to a water area- however none seem properly interested yet. I've been feeding them springtails and white worms mainly.
Recently 2 of the efts have had something wrong with them, the others are fine.
They have both got swollen bellies, the smaller one has got a swollen upper half as well.
They both struggle to walk (almost like when they're molting and try to get the skin off when it's around their legs by dragging themselves) the top half/ legs are fine, but their bottom halves are not normal, their tails curl up and they wriggle them constantly, and their hind legs seem to get stuck to the side of their tail and they drag them mainly, it's almost like their legs are paralysed, but they can move them and feel them they just dont.
I took videos, but cant upload them unfortunately. I thought they had some food stuck in their digestive tract or needed to lose some weight.
I'm really worried about them.
Has anyone experienced anything like this?
I've looked through the articles and I've read about bloat, I'm not sure if it's bloat of not, their legs aren't swollen or anything just their bellies.
Any help would be appreciated, I don't like to see them struggle like this and I'm not really sure what to do/ if they are in pain.
One of the photos shows a healthy newt beside one of them just for comparrison
So I have 27 CFB efts, some from last year and some from the year before. I have been raising them terrestrially on damp kitchen roll with access to a water area- however none seem properly interested yet. I've been feeding them springtails and white worms mainly.
Recently 2 of the efts have had something wrong with them, the others are fine.
They have both got swollen bellies, the smaller one has got a swollen upper half as well.
They both struggle to walk (almost like when they're molting and try to get the skin off when it's around their legs by dragging themselves) the top half/ legs are fine, but their bottom halves are not normal, their tails curl up and they wriggle them constantly, and their hind legs seem to get stuck to the side of their tail and they drag them mainly, it's almost like their legs are paralysed, but they can move them and feel them they just dont.
I took videos, but cant upload them unfortunately. I thought they had some food stuck in their digestive tract or needed to lose some weight.
I'm really worried about them.
Has anyone experienced anything like this?
I've looked through the articles and I've read about bloat, I'm not sure if it's bloat of not, their legs aren't swollen or anything just their bellies.
Any help would be appreciated, I don't like to see them struggle like this and I'm not really sure what to do/ if they are in pain.
One of the photos shows a healthy newt beside one of them just for comparrison