Hi,
I work at a pet store and unfortunately one of the axolotls we got is really sick, the other one seemed to respond to fridging well and was fine when put back in their bay but the other one (suspected boy, black, skinny since we got him suuuuper skinny now) who did well when in the fridge but went down hill fast once back in the bay. I originally fridged then because their feather bits came off their gills and their tails had curled and they weren't well at all. The work bays are too hot and bright for them, I know this but it's not up to me to fix that unfortunately.
My boss wanted to kill him because he wasn't eating, was kinda floating tail end up super stiff (we thought he was dead) but I opted to take him home instead, he's back in my fridge now which after reading on here may not have been the best idea (in and out and in again into the fridge isn't good) but I was worried he'd die and honestly he perks up so much more in the fridge (around 6°c or 7°c)
I took him out of the fridge today keeping him in his container and tried to feed him some live earth worm (bought from our store) but he still won't eat, I had had some success feeding him when we first got him in store weeks ago but still wasn't a huge eater back then. He kinda rolled onto his back which worried me too but righted himself eventually.
Im so worried this poor little guy won't make it, the tip of his tail has kinda peeled off and the feathers on one side of his head have all gone I'm hoping for any advice on what to do next I don't have much of an idea about axolotls at all I'm a fish keeper and a newbie at that.
Edit: he's been in the fridge maybe 5 days now so I'm really worried, I live in Australia and it's been really hot but I've been cycling a new tank ready for him to go into just a filter and water (conditioner etc I use Prime) no gravel or plants now the weather has cooled down (my house was 30-35°c so I figured fridge was preferable)
Thanks for reading all that and for any future help!
I work at a pet store and unfortunately one of the axolotls we got is really sick, the other one seemed to respond to fridging well and was fine when put back in their bay but the other one (suspected boy, black, skinny since we got him suuuuper skinny now) who did well when in the fridge but went down hill fast once back in the bay. I originally fridged then because their feather bits came off their gills and their tails had curled and they weren't well at all. The work bays are too hot and bright for them, I know this but it's not up to me to fix that unfortunately.
My boss wanted to kill him because he wasn't eating, was kinda floating tail end up super stiff (we thought he was dead) but I opted to take him home instead, he's back in my fridge now which after reading on here may not have been the best idea (in and out and in again into the fridge isn't good) but I was worried he'd die and honestly he perks up so much more in the fridge (around 6°c or 7°c)
I took him out of the fridge today keeping him in his container and tried to feed him some live earth worm (bought from our store) but he still won't eat, I had had some success feeding him when we first got him in store weeks ago but still wasn't a huge eater back then. He kinda rolled onto his back which worried me too but righted himself eventually.
Im so worried this poor little guy won't make it, the tip of his tail has kinda peeled off and the feathers on one side of his head have all gone I'm hoping for any advice on what to do next I don't have much of an idea about axolotls at all I'm a fish keeper and a newbie at that.
Edit: he's been in the fridge maybe 5 days now so I'm really worried, I live in Australia and it's been really hot but I've been cycling a new tank ready for him to go into just a filter and water (conditioner etc I use Prime) no gravel or plants now the weather has cooled down (my house was 30-35°c so I figured fridge was preferable)
Thanks for reading all that and for any future help!