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Illness/Sickness: My axolotl is sick, please help :(

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I woke up yesterday, to my happiest axolotl very stressed, and his skin went bright pink and red veins you could see in light all on him. His gill's are also very forward and he has this red circle on his back, as you can see in my photo .. I cant seem to find the problem with him .. I gave him a salt bath yesterday, and put him down the back of my house so it was a lot cooler for him
also his cloaca region is swollen :(
please help me .. his such an active happy man! its so sad 2 see him like this!
 

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You could give him a tea bath to help sooth his skin. If his cloaca is swollen it might be a prolapse which would need to be seen by a vet.
 
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how does a tea bath method work? ive only does salt baths before.
oh that's so sad, I hope it's nothing like that :(
 
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I would not do any salt baths, this is only really needed for fungus. I suspect this may be due to high ammonia.

Your axolotl needs good, clean, cool dechlorinated water. The tea bath may help. This link tells you how to :-
Caudata Culture Articles - Illness Part 2

Does your axolotl share a tank with anything else?
 
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okay .. i recently added sand to the tank a few days ago, but added more stuff gh to my water.
yes he has 2 girls in their with him.
ill get him in some clean water asap.
 
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He may have ingested some sand with his food if you left food on the sand for him. My lotl was in a similar predicament in relation to the swollen cloaca when he was blocked up with sand after eating worms directly on the sand. Moving your axie into some fresh water with no substrate and keeping the water cool and clean should help. I send my lotl to the vet where he received antibiotics and fringing. The fridging seemed to reduce the swelling. He recovered, I assume he is still doing well, he's on holiday camp with Nikki at the moment.
 
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I hand feed my axie's .. aww that's good, I hope he is all better :)
I don't want to stress him out 2 much, coz I have moved him already today.
but I am going to put him in clean water.:)
 
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My axie is bleeding, HELP!!

I've noticed on my axolotl's cloaca and leg there are specs of blood, and he has gone very red, I've put him in clean, cool, dechlorinated water, his temp is 15c.
his tank tempature is 18-19c, with 2 other females who are very healthy :)
we added sand in our tank this week but treated the water, ph level is 7.1. and I don't know the parameters. I have to get it tested 2mrorro.
 

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Re: My axie is bleeding, HELP!!

This is the 3rd poorly axolotl thread you've started today/yesterday. This one i think is the same axolotl in one of the other threads.

I think you need to immediately remove all your axolotls from your tanks if you have nothing to check the water parameters and move them into clean dechlorinated water.
Don't add anything else.

You need to get your water checked or cleaned out.

If there is still a problem you may have some axolotl illness/disease and may need to take them to a vet.
I'd start looking into where there is one now.

Good luck

Mel
 
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I've merged two of your posts so we don't end up asking the same questions again.

Maybe this is a bacterial infection. I would advise you to take this axolotl to a vet.
 
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Could this also be an allergic reaction to the sand? Did you rinse it well before you added it to the tank? If this started around the time the sand was added, could there have been something in the sand that started this? If not, then maybe it was something long in the process, and I would watch your other two girls closely. Definitely get that poor thing to a vet.
 
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