Dan2087
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My newt is about 20 years old.
For the last few weeks my newt no longer goes in the water. I've replaced the water just like i always have all these years but he still isn't going in. He isn't really eating much anymore either - very sparingly so he's lost a lot of weight and looks really thin. He's even more recently started to stick himself on the glass of the aquarium on the side of the tank - I'm assuming so he's not touching the moist rocks at all. I tried putting food and water in a seperate container but he just booked it out of the water as soon as he could and went right back to the corner of the tank.
Yesterday i also now noticed a cloaca prolapse, I'm assuming maybe from dehydration.
I have no idea what to do - its like water really bothers him and he's not eating. I tried feeding him blood worms by using a stick and placing them right in front of his face - he put those in his mouth without hesitation but it didn't even look like he was trying to swallow them - they just hung outside of his mouth for the longest time.
Any idea as to what's wrong? He's the only newt in the tank - we lost the other one maybe 5 years ago now.
For the last few weeks my newt no longer goes in the water. I've replaced the water just like i always have all these years but he still isn't going in. He isn't really eating much anymore either - very sparingly so he's lost a lot of weight and looks really thin. He's even more recently started to stick himself on the glass of the aquarium on the side of the tank - I'm assuming so he's not touching the moist rocks at all. I tried putting food and water in a seperate container but he just booked it out of the water as soon as he could and went right back to the corner of the tank.
Yesterday i also now noticed a cloaca prolapse, I'm assuming maybe from dehydration.
I have no idea what to do - its like water really bothers him and he's not eating. I tried feeding him blood worms by using a stick and placing them right in front of his face - he put those in his mouth without hesitation but it didn't even look like he was trying to swallow them - they just hung outside of his mouth for the longest time.
Any idea as to what's wrong? He's the only newt in the tank - we lost the other one maybe 5 years ago now.