Illness/Sickness: Won't eat, pale gills & vomits blood

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Hi,

My Axolotl named Freak, started acting strange since yesterday..
She wouldn't eat and slowly her gills turned white within the day.

Today I took her out of the tank and separated her from the other female.
Seconds after that she started to vomit some red substance which looked a lot like blood, or the juice of red meat.

Now almost a hour later she is completly white and pellucid..

It's not the first time she has some weird illness..
The others don't have anything on them, so I don't know what it can be..

A few weeks ago she laid eggs for the second time in two months and the eggs are all dead..
I immediatly seperated her from the male axolotl because I don't want so many eggs, but maybe it has something to do with it because she laid so many eggs in such short period of time..

What shall I do?
I don't have the knowlegde about fridging or anything..

Please help me out!

Thanks, Samantha
 
If she is vomiting what you think might be blood I think you need to get her to a vet Asap.
 
I took her to the vet and they do not really know what an axolotl is..
I am from Holland and there are not many or no specialists on this area of animals..

She is in the fridge now since the day I post this and nothing has changed..
She did not eat, her gills are still pale and sometimes she vomits something which looks like dirt..

I do not know what to do..
Do you think that a salty bath is helping?
 
Dark, dirt-like vomitus is usually clotted blood. She may have some sort of gastrointestinal bleeding. This may be a case of waiting and watching. These internal wounds can sometimes heal themselves. One of our more expert members might help more.
 
Is it possible that she ate something that could have damaged her? A mealworm perhaps, or a bit of plastic plant?

Unfortunately, without veterinary help, I'm afraid you'll be stuck "waiting and watching" as Cassie suggested. I would recommend keeping her in the fridge and, unless she's terribly thin, not feeding her for a few days - anything that pushes through her digestive tract could aggravate or re-open a healing internal injury. I would also stop the salt baths - unless she has fungus, they're probably not helping her and might simply be stressing her further.
 
Thanks for all the comments and help, but she passed away... T___T
 
I am so sorry for your loss. :(
how is your other female?

Is there anything in the tank that she could have eaten?
 
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