Illness/Sickness: Bloat, or pregnant?

kotusz · Mar 30, 2011

Hello newtlovers !

Something is wrong with one of my cfb newt. It has swollen cloaca and body, i dont know it has bloat, or its just pregnant. It is shedding his skin now as well, and i noticed a strange greenish thing coming out of his nose.
I made some pictures with my phone, poor quality, but pls help me, whats happening to my litte sweetheart.

Thanks!

Jennewt · Mar 30, 2011

Could you attach the photos as jpg, not zip? I am afraid to download any zip file from the internet.

Here is an article with photos you can compare:
Caudata Culture Articles: Bloat

kotusz · Mar 31, 2011

Sure I can !

Now as it is developing im starting to think it is really bloat. Can i save him somehow? Maybe cool him down?

Jennewt · Mar 31, 2011

The body doesn't look too bad, but the cloaca is very enlarged. Could it be an intestinal blockage? Is he still eating? I have no idea what the cause is, so no idea what sort of treatment might help.

kotusz · Apr 1, 2011

I offered him frozen bloodworms today, but he didnt eat at all. It has a slight chance that he have eaten a small pebble maybe or a small snail

He has some white thing coming out from his cloaca sometimes

He looks more swollen day by day

froggy · Apr 1, 2011

He may have eaten some of the gravel from the substrate. Is there any way you can restrain the newt and see if the white thing in the cloaca is a stuck pebble? If it is, you may be able to remove it with forceps.

What temperature are they kept at?

Is there a vet you can take the newt to?

Best of luck

C

kotusz · Apr 2, 2011

I have tried to check his lower body if i can sense someting hard like a piece of gravel, but i couldnt sense anything

THe water temperature is always between 20-22 celsius, i cant make it any lower.

Unfortunately there are no vets here who can deal with newts

It seems now he is very depressed, he is floating on the surface most of the time, doesnt eat, doesnt do anything at all

I guess i can only wait and see if he survives or not

callina · Apr 2, 2011

I don´t think that this is impaction, but a bad infection. The bloated belly and the greenish stuff from his nose makes me think so.
I would suggest to put him in the fridge and look for a vet ASAP.

kotusz · Apr 4, 2011

I think his guts has ruptured during the night. A big excrement, filled with white fluid was seen on the side of his body, and his mouth was filled with something white stuff as well. So i decided to euthanise him today

to end his suffering. He is resting in peace now.

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