hiya.
first post here and i'm so sorry to just come straight in asking a question without getting familiar with the site.
we have a very sick axolotl and are worried we'll be losing her.
we got her from a friend about 18months ago. she's been extremely happy and active and fine for all that time. our friends had her for about 5 years previously. so we kept doing just what they were doing.
about 2 1/2 weeks ago she started refusing food, but ate a little every now and then. we feed her the frozen blocks of blood worms, holding them in the water to soften and then usually she would just gulp that down.
we were already a little concerned about her, but moving house, so hoped she would come good. since we have moved (less than a week), she has become less and less active. her skin became messy looking - which we worked out was being in tank water rather than town water. then yesterday morning she was lying on her back.
we rang the pet shop and took in a sample of water. followed their advice and put her in the fridge. she is now moving around a little and her skin has cleared right up. but she still will not eat. i have tried a thin strip of beef as well as tiny sections of the blood worms. unfortunately it is the weekend and we are a way out of town which makes taking her in difficult and we can't buy anything else today. it also looks like her back legs are not working. she is just pulling her way along by her front legs.
we have adjusted the ph level of the water and started putting freezer blocks in the water to regulate that which seems to be working.
is there hope for her? or is she too far gone?
thanks for your time.
first post here and i'm so sorry to just come straight in asking a question without getting familiar with the site.
we have a very sick axolotl and are worried we'll be losing her.
we got her from a friend about 18months ago. she's been extremely happy and active and fine for all that time. our friends had her for about 5 years previously. so we kept doing just what they were doing.
about 2 1/2 weeks ago she started refusing food, but ate a little every now and then. we feed her the frozen blocks of blood worms, holding them in the water to soften and then usually she would just gulp that down.
we were already a little concerned about her, but moving house, so hoped she would come good. since we have moved (less than a week), she has become less and less active. her skin became messy looking - which we worked out was being in tank water rather than town water. then yesterday morning she was lying on her back.
we rang the pet shop and took in a sample of water. followed their advice and put her in the fridge. she is now moving around a little and her skin has cleared right up. but she still will not eat. i have tried a thin strip of beef as well as tiny sections of the blood worms. unfortunately it is the weekend and we are a way out of town which makes taking her in difficult and we can't buy anything else today. it also looks like her back legs are not working. she is just pulling her way along by her front legs.
we have adjusted the ph level of the water and started putting freezer blocks in the water to regulate that which seems to be working.
is there hope for her? or is she too far gone?
thanks for your time.