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My cynops pyrrhogaster named seven is against all odds getting better.
He was donated to me by a petshop when 6 of 7 newts had died of bloat, he looked to be in quite bad shape when I got him. He was kind of greyish and shed skin in patches all over, he withdrew as far away from the water as possible, didnt move for days and refused to eat.

Now he is black again(I suppose he started out as black...) have stopped shedding and started eating for the first time in about two weeks. Looks normal somewhat skinny though and still a bit shy but he is getting there!
 
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jesper

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I would say that the water went bad, spread bacteria that resulted in kidney damage causing oedema. Kidneys are in general very sensitive to toxins due to the great flow of blood through them. Just guessing about what happened though, I dont really have a clue
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