Illness/Sickness: Axie covered in white bumps

beka · Sep 4, 2009

Hello,

i have come home today to find one of my axies covered in white bumps and white gills, she seems to have vomited up her last couple of meals. she is now in the fridge in tupperware and i dont know what to do. it doesnt look like fungus so i havent done a salt bath yet.
If she needs to go to a vet does anyone know of anyone in melbourne that is good? i dont have a car but i could try to convince a friend with a car to take me
here are a couple of pics. her tankmate(seperated by a divider) seems fine.

thanks in advance

Darkmaverick · Sep 4, 2009

HI,

Your axie has a severe bacterial infection. Keep it in the fridge until the vet appointment. Do not give a salt bath. Check out the list below for vets in melbourne.

http://www.caudata.org/axolotl-sanctuary/vets.shtml

beka · Sep 4, 2009

thanks for the reply, i have fridged both of them do i need to take both to the vet?
or only the one showing symptoms?

thanks again

Jacquie · Sep 4, 2009

Hi Beka,

For peace of mind - I would take both axolotls to the vet. A divider may not have proved sufficient to keep the bacteria from spreading to the axolotl that 'seems fine' - although he is showing no sign to your eye - this does not mean he is not infected.

I highly recommend Dr Brendan Carmel on Rayson's Herp Vet List - he is excellent.

The Canterbury Rd Clinic is also very good (and easier to get to if you are at the mercy of public transport). I was told by this clinic that Dr Greenwood had moved on to another clinic - his replacement for the practice's expertise on 'exotic pets' is Dr Tristan (I'm sorry - I don't remember his surname off the top of my head, and the receipt is in my paperwork pile somewhere

) - Dr Tristan trained under Dr Carmel, and he is very good.

beka · Sep 4, 2009

good morning

I have called everyone on that list and noone can see her today also called a lot of other vets the soonest i can get an appointment is monday, judging by how she looks today im not sure she will last that long.
does anyone know of anyone else based in melbourne?
i have tried the lort smith as well

Darkmaverick · Sep 5, 2009

Hi Beka,

Fridging will significantly delay the progression of the illness. However, if you are extremely worried and cannot get an appointment soon enough for a specialist herp vet, you can still bring the axie to a regular small animal vet.

You can print off the general protocol i use that i put up on the forums for the vet to refer to.

beka · Sep 5, 2009

Rayson
thank you so much for your help, i just visited a vet in dandenong and they have given me o\something listed on the bottle as oxtet but she called it tetracycline, their specialst vet (rob jones?) called in and advised to take out of the fridge and dose in the tank, the tank is four foot and i dont want to just pour meds in there, is it ok do you think to dose her and keep her in the fridge with daily waterchanges? im scared that he warmer temp in her tank will hasten the illness and i also dont want to re-cycle a four foot tank.
thanks again
you have been a huge help.

Darkmaverick · Sep 5, 2009

I would do it differently.

I would still fridge the axie but will soak in the medicated bath in a different tub so as not to dose the main tank.

Be very accurate with the water volume and prescribed dosage, otherwise, toxicity can be an issue with overdosing while underdosing will prove ineffective (and lead to resistance in bacteria). Tetracylines are skin irritant to axies so soaking them for a defined period and then transferring them back to fresh clean water will minimise the skin trauma.

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