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Illness/Sickness: Disappearing gills

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Yes, I agree with Mike,

I may have missed something but there is no thread to say he has actually passed away.

Even if that is the case you should not critisise G.V's efforts,

Every thing might have gone well and on the road to recovery. :frog::frog:
 
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Although he did die, it wasn't until about a week or 2 after axle jumped to his conclusion that I just 'gave up' and let him slowly starve.

Anyway, thanks for all your help over this guys.

Damian
 
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GoodVikings said:
Although he did die, it wasn't until about a week or 2 after axle jumped to his conclusion that I just 'gave up' and let him slowly starve.
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I'm sorry, I can appreciate that as a pet you obviously cared about your axie and that mud-slinging won't help anyone...but are you seriously saying that when you decided your axolotl was too ill to help, you thought the most humane option would be to slowly stave him to death?

I can't tell if you're being "ironic" or not, but if not, for future reference, any pet can be put to sleep by the appropraite vet - starving an animal to death is not a particularly kind or dignified way to end their life.

Zoe
 
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I didnt read every single post, but going from the pictures and some posts, I wouldnt suggest you ever keep a pet like this again. This might be the most disgusting, pathetic and depressing thing I have seen in awhile. I have acquired a love for my axie, and seeing one in the condition yours was in, and your lack of effort, quite frankly deeply irritates me.
 
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My apologies, after reading the whole thread I see he did try. But being a member on this site, and seeing the hundreds of healthy caudates, I find it very hard to believe that someone can not notice that their axie is sickly skinny, and ill. He said he cleaned the water and was filled with poo after finally put him in the fridge. Obviously he wasnt taking care of the water. He then went on to say he gave up on his axie once he wouldnt eat like he wanted to.

I dont mean to just rag on somebody unless it seriously disturbed me. Sorry if I offended anyone, but I cant see how someone can get so ignorent to have an axie that looks like that and thinks its just his gills.
 
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This guy, like a lot of others including myself, received dud info from a pet store. He, like myself, tried to right the wrongs. Unfortunately, it was too late for his axie. He states his axie was like this when he bought it, so he didn't see any difference. The way I see it, he heeded all advice on here but its down to the initial period, and information given from the pet store worker.

Yes, you see hundreds of healthy axies. But, this section is dedicated to ill or sick axies. Its inevitable that all species will fall sick for reasons we cannot be responsible for.

I just think you were very direct and harsh with your initial response.
 
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Hi there! I feed my axie live bloodworms, just draw them up in a 3ml syringe, i use about 1ml at a time, they are small, nutritious and should be easy for him to eat
 
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Might be a good idea if you read the thread properly before you post. I'm not having a go at you, but just to let you know the axie that wasn't eating died recently.
 
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Whilst it seems that this thread is spiralling off on different subjects, I will mention that there is an excellent page about caudate food located here:

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/foods.shtml

Live bloodworms, like earthworms, blackworms, etc, are an excellent source of nutrition.

Whilst I agree with you Mike, that nothing positive will likely be accomplished by mud-slinging, I can also see Greg's point of view entirely - GV was a member of this forum for a couple of months before posting this thread, so had ample time to see and hear about healthy axolotls. I remember that you (Mike) were misadvised by the petshop where you got your axie, however, I'm sure you were only a member of the forum for a couple of hours at most, until you started realising that you had been misinformed (which is a good thing, take it as a compliment!).

But yes Greg, as an animal-lover, it upset me too.

Zoe x
 
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I completely agree with everything that has been said, both by greg and yourself:cool:

I just think Greg's 'approach' was a little direct.

And I didn't mean it to sound like I was mud-slinging. Thats not my nature.

Apologies for any offence and/or discomfort caused. :(
 
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Really sorry to hear G.V.

By the way where did you get him from??

I would inform them of the events that have taken place. :yin-yang:
 
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