juca1658
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Started: yesterday afternoon.
I first noticed when: My axie was hiding in a tube, and when he got out, he surfaced way too fast. Yesterday evening it seems that the right side of his abdomen (when facing me) was bigger and makes him "float" slightly to one side.
Progression: Today, if he stays still, his tail surfaces first than his body. He's wrestless trying to go to the bottom of the tank.
Background: His last feeding was March 30. Not a new diet. Crickets (thorax only) and one small earthworm. The tank temp is at 70 Farenheit.
Hypothesis: I'm guessing since he was eating the crickets from the surface, he swallowed a lot of air and now has a "bubble gut" which from one day to another went from his stomach, making the center of his body float, to the lower intestines, making his tail-end float more than the rest of his body.
Question: He's never had this problem for so long, is it harmful?
I first noticed when: My axie was hiding in a tube, and when he got out, he surfaced way too fast. Yesterday evening it seems that the right side of his abdomen (when facing me) was bigger and makes him "float" slightly to one side.
Progression: Today, if he stays still, his tail surfaces first than his body. He's wrestless trying to go to the bottom of the tank.
Background: His last feeding was March 30. Not a new diet. Crickets (thorax only) and one small earthworm. The tank temp is at 70 Farenheit.
Hypothesis: I'm guessing since he was eating the crickets from the surface, he swallowed a lot of air and now has a "bubble gut" which from one day to another went from his stomach, making the center of his body float, to the lower intestines, making his tail-end float more than the rest of his body.
Question: He's never had this problem for so long, is it harmful?