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Illness/Sickness: Sore leg, rash??

Aimzs Lotties

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Red has a sore leg :( He hadn't been looking his best and my other 2 had some fungus so I was salt bathing them all. The other 2 are better now by the way. BUT I stopped bathing Red because he had a small cut on his leg and I think the salt baths were stinging him because he would go all hiper and stressed out. I was only bathing all 3 because I thought they may all have traces of the fungus since they are all in the same tank.

Anyways, his leg now has maybe 5 cuts/red marks on it and one looks like a popped blister or something. He is not using the leg when he swims, but still eating tonnes of earthworms :) His gills are a bit forward though so I know he is stressed.

Please help, I am so worried!
PS. I have a really good picture of it, but caudata never lets me upload pictures :'( I will post it on the facebook group. Thanks!
 
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Here is the pic of the sick axi.
 

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Here is another pic taken without flash, hope someone can help Aimee.
 

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