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Illness/Sickness: sick tiger salamander, please help.

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i have a large adult tiger salamnder....it appears as if he cannot open his mouth...he was always a very strong eater and is pretty large...hes still nice and plump so im not too worried about starvation, but this has happened to me before and i actually lost a very nice, large, seemingly healther tiger sal...i have no idea what this could be or what caused this...i have recently put him into a different tank setup with a different substrate...im very concerned and somewhat clueless...any help,inp[ut or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. THANKS
 
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What was his substrate before? And now? What's the temperature in the room?
 
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nuttynewt said:
i have a large adult tiger salamnder....it appears as if he cannot open his mouth...he was always a very strong eater and is pretty large...hes still nice and plump so im not too worried about starvation, but this has happened to me before and i actually lost a very nice, large, seemingly healther tiger sal...i have no idea what this could be or what caused this...i have recently put him into a different tank setup with a different substrate...im very concerned and somewhat clueless...any help,inp[ut or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. THANKS
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Hi,

As Jen says, it's worth posting some more details here, to get some ideas of possible problems with your setup that might be an issue, but it sounds like a physical examination by a vet would be the best thing for your salamander. I would suggest getting him to a vet for a full check over.

Hope you can get him sorted out.

Bruce.
 
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