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Illness/Sickness: Please help, this is scary

sarahgraham1990

sarahgraham1990

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my axelotl this morning had its gills attacked by another this morning.
It is just rolling around the tank, and cant seem to balance. I am 90% sure it is going to die, please help me if i can do anything to bring it back to health.!

please :(
 
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Hey there...

Carefully take out the injured axolotl and put it in a tuppaware or ice-cream container in the fridge, make sure the water level is just enough to cover it, this should help to stop it floating and rolling around.

Make sure you are able to lid the container and wrap it in a tea-towel, so that when people open and close the fridge it wont become disturbed (light changes e.g)

By keeping it cold (no lower than 4 degrees celius) it should help the axolotl to heal, calm and relax....

then just hope for the best....i know i will :sad: :happy:
 
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thank you so much!!!!!!
i dont want to loose my bubbles :(
it just is strange that i caught the other axelotl grabbing her on her gills but she doesnt have any other damage but yet she is floating like she is constipated.
i can only hope for the best. Thanks so much for your help muchly appreciated.
 
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unfortunately bubbles died :(
i just dont understand how the ripping of the tenticle bits on his gills (only on one side) cause cause him so much trouble,
he was floating all around the tank and doing handstands. poor thing.
RIP
 
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thing that you experienced is kind of normal thing with couple of axolotls in small tank,or male-male,or male-female,he was stressed and that is reason why he was doing that,mine are doing that from time to time when some of them become to noisy and bother other one but no one died they just run away from each other.........sorry for bubbles
 
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awwwww, ... so sad to hear...:sad:
i had hope for the little guy...:sad:

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Hiya,

Im so sorry to read about you axolotol dying.

Ive only had my lexi 2 weeks and really love her.

Its crazy how much you can love these little creatures.
 
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