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hello, i have a serious problem with one axolotl
one week ago, i found one of my 3 axolotls, a leucistic, in very bad state with the end of tail much damaged with some blood, and some toes also damaged [see pictures]. i think its the only female and that she was attacked by the others [few days before i found the other leucistic with her arm in his mouth, he wouldnt leave her and they were swimming like this thru all aquarium for a moment, but then it stopped and there was no wounding or anything.] i cannot find any other explanation of what could happen.
immediately i isolated the axolotl in another tank with clean water treated with Aqua+ [Nutrofin], in a dark place in calm, with a place to hide. she was looking really bad and freaked out.
I change the water every day and try to feed her different things but she wont eat nothing.
A white fluffy stuff grew on some of her damaged nails/toes and around the tail wounding. a strange piece of mucus of white-yellow-green colors went out of her cloaca, i took it out.
i began to give her 10-15 minutes salty bath one time per day since 1st oct. i try to keep the temperature of water low [14 to max. 19 degrees celsius] with bottles of iced water.
today is the 5th day i make salty baths, she looks less stressed, most part of white stuff went out, but the tail still looks very bad and most of all, she still refuses to eat anything i propose her.
i dont know what to do else, i guess the white stuff is fungal infection on wound, i hope its not growing back. i wanted to try mercurochrome but its impossible to find it in Czech republic where i live, as anything like Merbromin, and im afraid to use something else. i cannot get advices around me and in pet shops they deal with axolotls as with fishes.
if somebody here can give me some advice it would be great! thanx
one week ago, i found one of my 3 axolotls, a leucistic, in very bad state with the end of tail much damaged with some blood, and some toes also damaged [see pictures]. i think its the only female and that she was attacked by the others [few days before i found the other leucistic with her arm in his mouth, he wouldnt leave her and they were swimming like this thru all aquarium for a moment, but then it stopped and there was no wounding or anything.] i cannot find any other explanation of what could happen.
immediately i isolated the axolotl in another tank with clean water treated with Aqua+ [Nutrofin], in a dark place in calm, with a place to hide. she was looking really bad and freaked out.
I change the water every day and try to feed her different things but she wont eat nothing.
A white fluffy stuff grew on some of her damaged nails/toes and around the tail wounding. a strange piece of mucus of white-yellow-green colors went out of her cloaca, i took it out.
i began to give her 10-15 minutes salty bath one time per day since 1st oct. i try to keep the temperature of water low [14 to max. 19 degrees celsius] with bottles of iced water.
today is the 5th day i make salty baths, she looks less stressed, most part of white stuff went out, but the tail still looks very bad and most of all, she still refuses to eat anything i propose her.
i dont know what to do else, i guess the white stuff is fungal infection on wound, i hope its not growing back. i wanted to try mercurochrome but its impossible to find it in Czech republic where i live, as anything like Merbromin, and im afraid to use something else. i cannot get advices around me and in pet shops they deal with axolotls as with fishes.
if somebody here can give me some advice it would be great! thanx