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I have had a western lesser siren about five years now and it recently had a seizure/stroke. It started to wiggle iits tail then it started to twitch like a mosquitoe larvae. it stopped moving and when i went to touch it it started to move through the tank like a torpedo. it didnt move much for a week and now its like a vegetable. Its been about four months and the siren is pitiful. i have to hand feed it and it doesnt move from his hide because if it does it floats upside down. i have seen it at rest when it gets out of its hide kind of looking tied up and floating. my sirens legs also dangle up. he cant use them. I love it to pieces but dont want to keep a semi-vegetable. What should I do?
 
Hey, I have the same problem with my siren salamander. Did you ever figure out what was wrong with him.
 
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