Illness/Sickness: Injury question

Martin21114

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My axolotl jumped out of her tank and fell about 3 feet onto cement. Luckily I was right there and scooped her up and put her back in the water. She's moving around fine, but has a nasty gash on her belly where there is a loose flap of skin about the size of a quarter. I gave her a 12 minute salt bath (6tsp salt/3L of water) and placed her in a shoe box size container in the fridge. Now I have some questions and was hoping someone could please help:

- Was refrigerating/salt bath the right action to take? If so how long should I keep it up?

- Should I change her diet? Until her injury I fed her lots of live black worms. They seem to foul their own water quickly if not rinsed daily. Are black worms something I shouldn't be putting in with an axie with an open wound?
 
I would keep her in cool, clean water... and keep a very close eye on the wound for any signs of deterioration. A salt bath is not necessary unless there is sign of infection.
 
Thank you, I plan to change all her water every 12 hours to keep it nice and clean. I was told salt baths would be a good preventative to infection, should I discontinue them until I see a problem? She sure didn't seem to like it :(

What about feeding? I'm afraid live blackworms may wiggle on over to her wound and infest it, but I may just be paranoid because I'm so worried about my little baby.
 
Salt baths on an open wound would probably be quite painful for your axolotl, I would only use if you see sign of infection.
The blackworms should still be ok to feed, but if you see anything that concerns you, stop feeding them.
 
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