Parisc
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My nephew caught two red spotted efts at the farm, he refused to leave them in the wild so home they came. He’s also only 8 and the idea of having a newt sounds better in theory then in reality. Moral of the story I ended up caring for them, I bought a tank, set it up, bout food, drops for the water, strips to test everything etc and have been watching over them for over a year now. Sadly the first one he caught died about a week ago. It was becoming lethargic and completely unlike its usual self. I did the quarantine thing. Replaced all the set up in the tank, It had a mold? Growth on its “armpit”. I cleaned w a qtip and suuuuuper diluted hydrogen peroxide, (which I read was safe ) put her In a bath of her reg treated water . It’s surprising how hard it is to find information on them very glad to have found this page. Eitherway “lizzy” molted In her bath and I returned her to the tank w the other and kept an eye on her until she was done and removed her skin so she couldn’t eat it ( wasn’t 100 percent on how safe w the peroxide it would be). Put extra food with dusty vitamins on and let her be. checked on he later and she seemed better. Two days later I went to feed them as i do at night, I uncover them so they kno and can see and couldn’t find her (the other has always been skittish) she seemed to understand it ment time to eat the other would run and hide again and come out on its own terms. I could her under the most shriveled up and dried out like a stick! I cried. I cldnt say goodbye and didn’t kno what to do so she stayed ina container for quite some time w a wet paper towel. She never came back. My question now is this. The other was fine up until 3 days ago. I’ve searched high and low for any info. Three days ago the other newt stopped actively moving. It burrowed in moss and doesn’t respond to touch so much. It’s tail moves and it’s arm moves when I touch it. And it isn’t dried up like lizzy was. Anyone that can tell me anythin about what is happening. Would be greatly appreciated, Is he dead? Dying? Hibernating? Sick? I tried to help lizzy and I think I did more harm then good. I’m terrified to even try anything and I have no idea what or if it is even still alive. Help!