Wolfpretzel
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Hi all,
Thanks to this wonderful forum, I have been successfully treating one of my axolotls (Shadow - an original name for a melanoid) after he was attacked by my other axie Pery (a golden albino). He has been in the fridge for a week after being chomped in a few places (end of tail and 2 gill 'fronds' bitten off, one arm savaged and most likely broken, other arm & legs bitten with toes missing / skinned).
These injuries were a result of 2 seperate attacks a week apart (the tail, 'fronds' and smaller nicks being the first). After the first attack I was treating the tank using API's Pimafix and he was eating normally. Just under a week later Pery attacked again and so I decided it was fridging time.
Shadow hasn't eaten since I put him in the fridge - which I know is normal so it doesn't bother me. He has been healing well apart from the savaged right arm and I am wondering if it will be necessary to amputate. It seems to have deteriorated over the week in the fridge instead of healing. Last night I left a bit of bloodworm in his container (probably a little too much) and it seems to have aggrevated the injury with a possible bacterial / fungal growth.
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks,
WP
(Here are some pictures of the intial injuries and current state in the fridging container - the last being the current state of the savaged arm with the possible infection)
Thanks to this wonderful forum, I have been successfully treating one of my axolotls (Shadow - an original name for a melanoid) after he was attacked by my other axie Pery (a golden albino). He has been in the fridge for a week after being chomped in a few places (end of tail and 2 gill 'fronds' bitten off, one arm savaged and most likely broken, other arm & legs bitten with toes missing / skinned).
These injuries were a result of 2 seperate attacks a week apart (the tail, 'fronds' and smaller nicks being the first). After the first attack I was treating the tank using API's Pimafix and he was eating normally. Just under a week later Pery attacked again and so I decided it was fridging time.
Shadow hasn't eaten since I put him in the fridge - which I know is normal so it doesn't bother me. He has been healing well apart from the savaged right arm and I am wondering if it will be necessary to amputate. It seems to have deteriorated over the week in the fridge instead of healing. Last night I left a bit of bloodworm in his container (probably a little too much) and it seems to have aggrevated the injury with a possible bacterial / fungal growth.
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks,
WP
(Here are some pictures of the intial injuries and current state in the fridging container - the last being the current state of the savaged arm with the possible infection)