Hey everyone.
I have recently become an owner of 5 juvenile axolotls, one of each colour variety.
My albino (Albus) was perfectly fine yesterday, but I woke up today to see that one of his front limbs is somewhat mangled. He isn't using it to crawl or swim. It isn't too severely mangled but it is noticable.
I am unsure of how I should deal with this injury. I'm not particularly certain of the cause, but I suspect he got it stuck in the filter intake on one of his many swim-bys and jerked the wrong way to get it out.
The filter isn't that strong, but I have seem him stop mid swim to "chill" near it in the past.
I am also concerned that it may have been one of my other axolotls, however I have never seen them do anything remotely aggressive to one another, but you never know.
TL;DR: I have a somewhat injured juvenile axolotl in a tank with 4 other healthy axolotls, I'm unsure of the cause. Is there is any special steps I should take?
I should also note that Albus' appetite remains unhindered. Thanks in advance!
I have recently become an owner of 5 juvenile axolotls, one of each colour variety.
My albino (Albus) was perfectly fine yesterday, but I woke up today to see that one of his front limbs is somewhat mangled. He isn't using it to crawl or swim. It isn't too severely mangled but it is noticable.
I am unsure of how I should deal with this injury. I'm not particularly certain of the cause, but I suspect he got it stuck in the filter intake on one of his many swim-bys and jerked the wrong way to get it out.
The filter isn't that strong, but I have seem him stop mid swim to "chill" near it in the past.
I am also concerned that it may have been one of my other axolotls, however I have never seen them do anything remotely aggressive to one another, but you never know.
TL;DR: I have a somewhat injured juvenile axolotl in a tank with 4 other healthy axolotls, I'm unsure of the cause. Is there is any special steps I should take?
I should also note that Albus' appetite remains unhindered. Thanks in advance!