I went to the pet store and bought 3 firebelly newts and when i got home i noticed 2 had there limbs injured? i'm guessing since when i saw them in the pet store they were housed with paddle tail newts and must have gotten bitten by them? but now i don't know what to do? i don't know how to heal them? i want them to live because there hard to come by where i live. are these newts strong newts and overcome injuries?
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CFB with injured limbs. what should i do?
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Blackhawk IV
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hi,
Most newts will be able to overcome injuries, in fact many newts are able to grow back whole limbs. A picture would help us to identify the problem and also the best way to treat it. Paddletails are very aggresive newts and should never have been housed with the fire-bellies.
Blackhawk
Most newts will be able to overcome injuries, in fact many newts are able to grow back whole limbs. A picture would help us to identify the problem and also the best way to treat it. Paddletails are very aggresive newts and should never have been housed with the fire-bellies.
Blackhawk
Their ability to heal will rather depend on the current health of the newts. Sadly nearly all newts sold in pet shops have had to go through seven shades of hell before you buy them. Under normal circumstance a healthy newt will overcome fairly serious wounds, including complete limb removal. They have wonderful regenerative abilities.
A sick, stressed newt from a pet shop is another matter. They often lack the strength to fight infection from wounds and the outcome is often uncertain.
Your best approach is to keep the newts in a cool, clean, simple setup with plenty of hides and little disturbance. Are they feeding? If not it could be an indication of sickness.
A sick, stressed newt from a pet shop is another matter. They often lack the strength to fight infection from wounds and the outcome is often uncertain.
Your best approach is to keep the newts in a cool, clean, simple setup with plenty of hides and little disturbance. Are they feeding? If not it could be an indication of sickness.
I agree completely. Put them in the coolest part of the house. Get them eating. If you haven't already read the newt FAQ, visit the link in my message footer.
Besides being bitten off, limbs of FBN can simply rot away, which is common in petshop newts.
The limbs are still atached but they can't use them like it's broken or something? and on one of them i notice white fuzzy stuff on the wound. i'm trying to keep the temp down by putting a frozen water bottle in the tank and it seems to be working? i haven't seen them eat yet but i realize that some newts won't eat on the first day's in a new tank.
Indeed, that would only work on a terrestrial animal. For other options, read treatment articles here:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/articles.shtml
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/articles.shtml
I'm not sure what product you mean exactly. Most likely the salt concentration would not be enough to have much effect. Also, I would generally caution against treating the whole tank with anything.
Doing salt baths would be one approach to treating it. See
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/salt.shtml
there is a fairly simple salt bath recipe at the bottom of the article.
Doing salt baths would be one approach to treating it. See
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/salt.shtml
there is a fairly simple salt bath recipe at the bottom of the article.
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