One of our two axolotls seems to have a growth uder his chin - it is as though his head weighed twice as much as it should and he has difficulty propelling himself around. He has also developed grey freckles on his face and his gills are a much darker red than they used to be.. He is still eating (bloodworms), but sometimes shoots up to the top of the aquarium (to get a giulp of air ?). I have checked water quality for PH, ammonia, nitrates etc - all OK. Any ideas?
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top-heavy axolotl
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Moomin
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Don't worry! Moomin my axie was pure white when i had him. He's got a big black spot on his body and little black freakles on his face. Also blac toes adn tip of tail. Its just him maturing 
All axies are a little lumpy haha!
All axies are a little lumpy haha!
Moomin
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p.s. They do gulp air sometimes. But cheak ur oxygen levels anyway
sherylbobbins
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Hmm... I was just curious. Has there been any sudden weight loss? Does the head look a bit like this? http://www.caudata.org/forum/showthread.php?t=56204
A picture of your axolotl would assist greatly in any diagnosis
A picture of your axolotl would assist greatly in any diagnosis
Thanks everyone for your comments, but today poor Ambrose has died. When we took him out of the water we found that he had chocked on a pebble in his mouth. I don't think that this was the cause of his ailing as he has been looking poorly for some time, but perhaps he had swallowed smaller pebbles before, which might explain why he could not lift his head. Should we try having nothing on the bottom of the tank in future? His companion, Ambrosia, looks quite bewildered. (We don't actually know their sex, but they were never aggressive towards each other.) A sad day.
gr33neyes
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Sorry for your loss but there is actually a chance that the pebble you saw in his mouth was the pebble that killed him. I should imagine a blockage causes a slow death due to starvation hence he had been looking poorly for a while.
I would remove those pebbles immediately.
I would remove those pebbles immediately.
kira
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I am sorry to hear about your loss. Good luck for the future!
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