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jennifer
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Here is a picture of my grossly fat eastern newt:
She is 20+ years old (which seems to be unusually old for an eastern newt). Her "fatness" has developed slowly, over a period of about 2 years, beginning in fall/winter of 2000. It began with her looking gravid, then she just kept getting bigger, very gradually. Until the past few months, her apetite was good. Now she is hardly eating at all, and she has reached the point where I think she is doomed.
This is not "bloat" that we ordinarily hear about. Notice that her neck isn't swollen, only the abdomen. Any suggestions for cause or treatment?
She is 20+ years old (which seems to be unusually old for an eastern newt). Her "fatness" has developed slowly, over a period of about 2 years, beginning in fall/winter of 2000. It began with her looking gravid, then she just kept getting bigger, very gradually. Until the past few months, her apetite was good. Now she is hardly eating at all, and she has reached the point where I think she is doomed.
This is not "bloat" that we ordinarily hear about. Notice that her neck isn't swollen, only the abdomen. Any suggestions for cause or treatment?