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my new axolotl has red on the tail but i couldnt

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my new axolotl has red on the tail but i couldnt get a good pic so i did a ruf looking pic to give you an idea:confused: ive set him up just like the carsheets ive read but i donno if it is just a stress thing of getting moved fromt he shop to my home:confused: anyone know wy he would have this? he is about 13cm long and as you can see a wild type:D and he has such personality just like my tiger salamanders:rolleyes: they just like mini humans in a salamanders body:rofl:
axolotlwithredtailend.jpg
 
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Hi Salamandra its a new one for me and hard to gauge from your photo, best guess some kind of injury

Good luck
 
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so maybe if i leav it alone as much as bossible other than water changes and food the tail should just go back nicely:D few thank god:D he was in a small setup with about 5 other axolotls and 1 was 2 times his size so maybe that was the reson:( o well at least he can recover with me now:frog:
 
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He looks in good shape in the photo, with a nice body shape and gills.
I'd be tempted to leave it be for a while, but do keep a close eye for any changes..keep us posted.
 
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Hi,

I suppose that he was bitten by the bigger axolotls in his former tank and got away with some scratches. I would just leave him be and keep an eye on him.
 
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ok :D i have also fed him a wax worm a few crickets and he loves hunting them:p he slowly gose to the crickets that are strugling in the water and then......BOO! PAW! GULP! :shocked: once he figured out that they were food he couldnt stop :D and ive found he likes crickets more than blood worm:confused: is this because they are live and he likes to hunt them or just the taste or somthing:confused: maybe he just likes it because they are swimming around and he has to catch them etc and the blood worms are frozen:confused: any ideas wy he likes the crickets more:confused: o and he had trouble with the wax worm:rolleyes: he got it but then spat it out and kept attacking it :eek: poor wax worm:D but in the end he gulped it down

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