Question: Axolotl biting herself?

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Hey all,

Thought the two axies we have were fighting and one of them had a foot bitten off, looked like it was infected so started putting her in the fridge and giving salt baths.
Now noticed when changing her water that she was rolling slighty trying to bite her own foot?

Is this normal is she trying to bite off the damaged foot so it can regen? or did she damage herself all along?
 
Just so you know I'm a beginner in axolotl ownership so this is plainly not expert information! But maybe it's like when humans have a scar that's healing. It gets really itchy while the new skin is growing?
 
One of my larvae the other day just curled around and bit off a bit of its own tail :eek: maybe they just do that sometimes.
 
thats what i thought, it could just be itchy or healing,
 
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