I recently I received a pair of Mexican Axolotls from someone who was not able to take care of them and was not sure what to do with them. Unfortunately, when I received them, they had small red spots all over their bodies. I began with Maracyn Plus, an antibiotic. This quickly cured the female.
The male contiued to get worse. His tail skin started to slough off, followed by the tail itself. It is now covered in fungus. I put him in the fridge and tried another round of the Maracyn with no luck. I saw on the axolotl.org site that you could use Mercurochrome but it isn't made any more, and all of the "replacement" products I have access to are not colored as on the site, and had no effect. I have also tried Maroxy and salt dips on the fungus, and it had no effect. Since being in the fridge, he has not gotten any worse, and his open wound has closed a bit. Here is a picture of his tail 3 days after I got him, after the first round of Maracyn but before putting him in the fridge. You can see the fungus, sores on his body, and the spine coming out (under fungus)
I am at a total loss of what to do for the poor guy.
The male contiued to get worse. His tail skin started to slough off, followed by the tail itself. It is now covered in fungus. I put him in the fridge and tried another round of the Maracyn with no luck. I saw on the axolotl.org site that you could use Mercurochrome but it isn't made any more, and all of the "replacement" products I have access to are not colored as on the site, and had no effect. I have also tried Maroxy and salt dips on the fungus, and it had no effect. Since being in the fridge, he has not gotten any worse, and his open wound has closed a bit. Here is a picture of his tail 3 days after I got him, after the first round of Maracyn but before putting him in the fridge. You can see the fungus, sores on his body, and the spine coming out (under fungus)
I am at a total loss of what to do for the poor guy.