I need some help with diagnosis

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Hello everyone, I need some help with one of my newts. He has two growths on the side of his body. I bought him about 5 months ago and up until now he's looked healthy. Lately he has developed two growths on his body.
I've tried searching all over the net but the longer I look for an answer the bigger the growths on my newt get.
I need some help.
Can anyone see from the pictures that I've attached what is making my newt ill? It kind of looks like a warty growth of some sort.
What can I do to make him better, and what can be done to prevent it?
Thanks in advance for the help
 

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Hi ta for life welcome!
This is really bad!
My experience with sick animals is limited to the treatment of some mutilated! Therefore I do not say for sure what it is, but I think it is a bacterial or viral infection! The first thing to do is put the animal in a single tank just for him, so as not to infect his tank mates, in a dark and quiet, then maybe it is best to take him to a veterinarian! It is likely that these cysts have to be removed! However you can always give us a look:Caudate Illness Part 1: Symptoms and Treatments
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That this for them when you should have immediately started a treatment with salt or cold to kill infectious agents, even removing only now, but you do not do this, seek the help of a veterinarians who preferably has experience with amphibians! Nor do I know what it is and therefore have expected someone to come here with more experience to help you, but it seems difficult! :rolleyes:
However waiting for a diagnosis of someone with more experience and do not go to the veterinarian, keep the animal isolated and quiet! ;)
 
I've never seen anything like this. I agree that they look like warts or tumors of some kind. Are they hard like a wart, or soft like a blister? A vet could cut them off, but if they are growing this quickly, they might just grow back. Sorry I don't have any better advice to offer.
 
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