totallyrad
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So I acquired a new baby wild type, very light in color. It was kept in poor conditions
room temperature, and they had them in 4x5 critter carriers. I had to get it!
I'm fridging it now because it looked to be under a lot of stress from heat and the tip of the tail looked damaged and it's skin seemed to be shedding especially on it's toes. Tail looks a little better but still could use some healing.
So the skin looks better now after 2 days of fridge but before I put it in the fridge it's gills
were more fluffy and now they are a little curled and seems like dark dots on the tips of some of her gills fluffs. not on all of them just like 8 or so. I'm wondering if this is just because of the fridge and how cold it is. The temp is 42.
I want to say it's a she She's been eating some pellets I have (zoo med aquatic newt pellets) pretty nicely, 5 the day i got her, 3-4 yesterday and just 1 pellet today.
Seems active still and normal other than the tips of some gills. Dunno if I should be concerned and I looked forever through old threads but couldn't find anything about their gills.
Any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated.
Also, once she is done fridging, should I put her in the 20 gallon that has been running for a week or two now. Or should I just keep her in a small container until she gets a little bigger? She's about 2.5-3 inches long from head to tail and probably is only a couple months old.
room temperature, and they had them in 4x5 critter carriers. I had to get it!
I'm fridging it now because it looked to be under a lot of stress from heat and the tip of the tail looked damaged and it's skin seemed to be shedding especially on it's toes. Tail looks a little better but still could use some healing.
So the skin looks better now after 2 days of fridge but before I put it in the fridge it's gills
were more fluffy and now they are a little curled and seems like dark dots on the tips of some of her gills fluffs. not on all of them just like 8 or so. I'm wondering if this is just because of the fridge and how cold it is. The temp is 42.
I want to say it's a she She's been eating some pellets I have (zoo med aquatic newt pellets) pretty nicely, 5 the day i got her, 3-4 yesterday and just 1 pellet today.
Seems active still and normal other than the tips of some gills. Dunno if I should be concerned and I looked forever through old threads but couldn't find anything about their gills.
Any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated.
Also, once she is done fridging, should I put her in the 20 gallon that has been running for a week or two now. Or should I just keep her in a small container until she gets a little bigger? She's about 2.5-3 inches long from head to tail and probably is only a couple months old.