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Floating Back Legs

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Hi all!

I am a new member to this forum but have been following it religiously as a guest for a while now.

Our Axolotls back legs only (not whole bottom end with tail) have been floating upwards for about three weeks now. She’s in quarantine because she had a fungal infection which has cleared up and we will re-introduce her back to the tank soon. The legs have been like this since before so I believe it’s unrelated. She is eating and passing waste fine every day so it’s not constipation. She can use her back legs normally and walk along the tank/ climb etc but it doesn’t seem normal for her to be like this every time she stops moving? Any thoughts would be really appreciated :)
 

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That does not look like a normal rest position, but maybe it's just some kind of congenital defect, that she can live with.
 
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