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Hi I have had 4 axies for 2 years now, I had this problem with another of my babies before but it just got better by itself, but now I am scared because Detin (that's his name) has never been this big before. His belly is huge if you compare it to one of his brother's, and if you can see on the pics one of his size seems a little bit soared. I think it's time to put him on the fridge right? Please help me you see here we don't have Any vets that are specialist on amphibious, at least not in my City.:(
 

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Hi, so this is the second day of Detin in the fridge, yesterday a couple of hours after he was fridged he began to expel some kind of white mucus from his body and today i noticed the injury in one of his sides is turning darker, he stills floating :(
Please help me :(
 
I'm at a loss for what this is. I advise that you bring it to a vet asap.
 
Hi thanks for the answer, sadly there are no vets for exotic animals in my city. Any way Detin stills fridging and the injury is white now. I will try to feed him today. Hope he at least eats a little.
 
Axies rarely will eat when they are being fridged. If it doesn't eat, try warming it up first by letting it get to room temperature. But you do want to avoid constant fluctuation in temp.
Perhaps it doesn't need to be fridged any longer?
Hoping for the best :)
 
But he still has one side floating.
Maybe i should return him to the aquarium and he may be happy upside down?
I am worried for that mark on his side, i will try a salt bath.
Thanks
 
alexxxandrittta said:
But he still has one side floating.
Maybe i should return him to the aquarium and he may be happy upside down?
I am worried for that mark on his side, i will try a salt bath.
Thanks
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I don't recommend a salt bath unless the axolotl has fungus. Otherwise it will cause undue stress. You may want to try treating with an antibiotic that is shown to be reasonably safe for caudates. Search caudata culture for the list of meds. I have successfully used Furan-2. Be very cautious about proper dosage.
Trying the antibiotic would be my own last ditch effort if it were my pet.
 
And are you sure that it didn't ingest something like gravel, etc, which would cause a large swelling? What do you feed?
 
Bette said:
I don't recommend a salt bath unless the axolotl has fungus. Otherwise it will cause undue stress. You may want to try treating with an antibiotic that is shown to be reasonably safe for caudates. Search caudata culture for the list of meds. I have successfully used Furan-2. Be very cautious about proper dosage.
Trying the antibiotic would be my own last ditch effort if it were my pet.
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Hi, thanks for the answer, i think is fungus because it looks like a white stain and now he has got it in both sides. Or do you think this could be a bacteria?? It spreads like a fungus i don't know.
 
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Is it possible to get some better detailed photos of your axie? I can't tell from the original one you posted. Fungus is usually seen as cottony tufts on axolotls.
Is it still real " veiny" looking in the body and tail? And does it still have the swelling?
 
alexxxandrittta said:
I am not sure, i don't think so. I feed them with tubifex.
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Do you have a substrate in the tank? Sand, very large river stones or bare bottom are the only safe substrates/tank bottoms for them. Otherwise, they can ingest it and get an impaction.They are just on tubifex worms? Live?
A varied diet is best. Personally, I feed live red worms and semi soft sinking pellets. Live earth worms, red worms, etc are supposed to be the ideal diet for them.
 
Bette said:
Do you have a substrate in the tank? Sand, very large river stones or bare bottom are the only safe substrates/tank bottoms for them. Otherwise, they can ingest it and get an impaction.They are just on tubifex worms? Live?
A varied diet is best. Personally, I feed live red worms and semi soft sinking pellets. Live earth worms, red worms, etc are supposed to be the ideal diet for them.
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He has large river stones as substrate, sadly he hasn't got any better. Yes, only tubifex worms, live. I will upload some pictures tomorrow.
 
alexxxandrittta said:
He has large river stones as substrate, sadly he hasn't got any better. Yes, only tubifex worms, live. I will upload some pictures tomorrow.
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So as you can see, now he has it on both sides.
I will get him out of the fridge today (Today is 3 weeks since he started)
Do you know what this could be?
Maybe i can treat him with any medication?

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