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newt's leg looks infected?

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savagehart

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i have 2 chinese fire belly newts... i looked into the cage today and noticed something weird on one of their legs...i looked closer at him and relized that it was swollen, miss-shapen and weirdly colored... as i've watched him today i've noticed that he's really lathargic. i found him just a minute ago just stuck to the water intake on the filter cuz he was just too lathargic to swim away. i though he was dead for a second, till i tried to grab him yo look at his leg. i'm really worried. i have a few pictures of the leg...anyone know what it is or what i shoud do?

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It looks like maybe the leg was caught in the filter intake earlier. It looks like it is stripped of skin.

Keep the newt on damp paper towels (like in a securely closed plastic box), as it sounds as if it isn't strong enough to swim. If the leg is really not usable, amputation would probably be helpful, but you should seek assistance from a vet for this. There are some things that might help ward off further infection, listed in this article:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/sores.shtml
 
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