Gradje1
New member
Hello members,
I am experiencing a special situation with one of my newts, since I saw no similar treat in the forum I thought I share it with you.
A week ago (10 nov) my Neurergus Strauchii Strauchii juvenile had an accident. A tankmate saw his back paw as a meal and unfortunately his leg was quite injured after that. His leg was still attached but angled and he couldn't move it anymore, probably his leg muscles were ripped. I waited 2 days (12 nov) for it to maybe recover, however it was already to late. His resting leg tissue was degenerating and began molding. So I needed to amputate his leg. I did this very carefully with a sterilized nail scissor. I cutted the leg off as close to his hip as possible, to create a small surfaced wound to minimize the chance of infection.
In the bottom picture you can clearly see his leg bone was still intact, but the muscles around are missing. That explained why he could not move that paw anymore.
This was right after the amputation.
After the amputation is returned him to his tank. I threat the water with ESHA Optima and ESHA Minaroll,
which are stimulators of the immunesystem and vitamin preparations. T
his will back him up in his leg recovery. At the time he still ate food and does so now, so i dont think he became infected.
I am experiencing a special situation with one of my newts, since I saw no similar treat in the forum I thought I share it with you.
A week ago (10 nov) my Neurergus Strauchii Strauchii juvenile had an accident. A tankmate saw his back paw as a meal and unfortunately his leg was quite injured after that. His leg was still attached but angled and he couldn't move it anymore, probably his leg muscles were ripped. I waited 2 days (12 nov) for it to maybe recover, however it was already to late. His resting leg tissue was degenerating and began molding. So I needed to amputate his leg. I did this very carefully with a sterilized nail scissor. I cutted the leg off as close to his hip as possible, to create a small surfaced wound to minimize the chance of infection.
In the bottom picture you can clearly see his leg bone was still intact, but the muscles around are missing. That explained why he could not move that paw anymore.
This was right after the amputation.
After the amputation is returned him to his tank. I threat the water with ESHA Optima and ESHA Minaroll,
which are stimulators of the immunesystem and vitamin preparations. T
his will back him up in his leg recovery. At the time he still ate food and does so now, so i dont think he became infected.