Hi there,
well this is my first post, and perhaps my last. My poor axalotl died this morning. Had him/her for over a year and all was fine, until last week, when it decided it didn't want to eat anything. Been feeding it pellets, which it would eat with no problems.
So when day 3 passed, and it refused to eat..but i read some where that sometimes axy's tend to go off their food for a few days...so i wasn't too worried right away, i also changed the water, even though the water still looked good. But i think the hollowed bridge statue that contained yucky algae inside it, may have caused it to get sick though? I didn't realised this, until i lifted the bridge statue up, and yuck came out of it. Mind you, i didn;t have this bridge statue very long in the tank either.
As the days went by, the axolotl started to appear boated, except it wasnt floating, but still sitting at the bottom and only seemed interested to swim up and gulp air. I then went to the pet shop, and they sudgested to change its feed, to entice it to eat. So i got meat for it. Again it didn't want it, and avoided the food.
Getting desperate, i check the internet, and came across this website looking at threads with bloating, and swellling etc.
By the end of the week, he was getting more bloated, and no he still wasnt floating. I noticed on his rear end, like a clear fluidy balloon like object pretuding out. I though it couldn't be eggs, because its by itself. On closer inspection i noticed this balloon had fine veins on it, and knew that it must be something internal from the axolotl. Poor thing. So i didn't want to pull it out.
In regards to the tank, yes i have gravel on the base. But how was i too know that this is a NO NO...when the pet shop people were the ones who gave it to me in the first place, when i purchased axy!!!.
So im thinking, it could be that he got blocked up with gravel?.
Now at the end of the week, i woke up and found poor axy still at the bottom of the tank, upside down. And dead. Im thinking of dissecting him, to get the answers.
Poor thing.
I guess my point of the post is, check if you have statues in the tanks and whether they suck water in it. I didn't realised with mine, as i though it was a solid bridge statue, but it had tiny holes in it, that sucked water, holding yucky algai in it!.
well this is my first post, and perhaps my last. My poor axalotl died this morning. Had him/her for over a year and all was fine, until last week, when it decided it didn't want to eat anything. Been feeding it pellets, which it would eat with no problems.
So when day 3 passed, and it refused to eat..but i read some where that sometimes axy's tend to go off their food for a few days...so i wasn't too worried right away, i also changed the water, even though the water still looked good. But i think the hollowed bridge statue that contained yucky algae inside it, may have caused it to get sick though? I didn't realised this, until i lifted the bridge statue up, and yuck came out of it. Mind you, i didn;t have this bridge statue very long in the tank either.
As the days went by, the axolotl started to appear boated, except it wasnt floating, but still sitting at the bottom and only seemed interested to swim up and gulp air. I then went to the pet shop, and they sudgested to change its feed, to entice it to eat. So i got meat for it. Again it didn't want it, and avoided the food.
Getting desperate, i check the internet, and came across this website looking at threads with bloating, and swellling etc.
By the end of the week, he was getting more bloated, and no he still wasnt floating. I noticed on his rear end, like a clear fluidy balloon like object pretuding out. I though it couldn't be eggs, because its by itself. On closer inspection i noticed this balloon had fine veins on it, and knew that it must be something internal from the axolotl. Poor thing. So i didn't want to pull it out.
In regards to the tank, yes i have gravel on the base. But how was i too know that this is a NO NO...when the pet shop people were the ones who gave it to me in the first place, when i purchased axy!!!.
So im thinking, it could be that he got blocked up with gravel?.
Now at the end of the week, i woke up and found poor axy still at the bottom of the tank, upside down. And dead. Im thinking of dissecting him, to get the answers.
Poor thing.
I guess my point of the post is, check if you have statues in the tanks and whether they suck water in it. I didn't realised with mine, as i though it was a solid bridge statue, but it had tiny holes in it, that sucked water, holding yucky algai in it!.