What is up with my axies lately!

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So i have been having a hard time with my wildtype axie Wilma, she has bloat..we think.

So anyway i have been treating her and have now noticed my male leuistic Bam Bam has a growth under his right front limb.

Not sure what it is. He is still eating and no signs of stress.

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The growth can be many things. It can be an abscess, a cancerous growth, a benign growth, a cyst, a fluid accumulation at the joints and such. The only way to definitively diagnose is to get a fine needle aspirate or biopsy sample.

How long has the growth been there? Was it a slow gradual process or it happened overnight suddenly?

If there are no other signs of stress or illness, the condition is not life threatening. It can just be a cosmetic problem. In the worse case scenario, the lump continues to grow, impede movement, get ulcerated and such, it might be best to surgically excise it.
 
It came on over the last couple of days.

Have checked my water and its all fine. Bam Bam seems fine, eating, no curled tail or anything, hes his usual self.

Can i ask a question about wilma?

She is still looking rather swollen, she hasn't passed any poop now for over a week and i am sure that earlier i spotted a earth worm stuck in her stomach. Could it be she is constipated because a worm is stuck?
She has passes some green slimy blobs but thats all.
 
The green slimy blobs are poo i think. The growth has nothing to do with water quality.

Can you take some photos of WIlma again please? I wish to see how she has progressed. (If she is a she..)
 
Darkmaverick said:
The green slimy blobs are poo i think. The growth has nothing to do with water quality.

Can you take some photos of WIlma again please? I wish to see how she has progressed. (If she is a she..)
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The first pic is the first time i saw her swollen, the other two pics are the most recent. The coloca is looking a lot less swollen.
 

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Looks much better. Continue with fridging. Hows its appetite now?
 
Well my dad kicked her out of the fridge as we got food delivered. Hoping to put her back in. She ate two small worms today which is progress.
 
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