Illness/Sickness: Bloat, or pregnant?

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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!
 

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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
 
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?
 

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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.
 
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:eek::eek: He has some white thing coming out from his cloaca sometimes:eek: He looks more swollen day by day:(
 
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
 
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:(
 
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.
 
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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