Neglected axy with peeling skin

[jelly]

I just picked up a new axy ( mainly brought due to the conditions I suspected it was living in!) and she looks neglected- skin looked rather patchy and gill fronds tiny and sickly looking- and by the time I got home there was floaties in what was clean water- which looks like skin has bee coming off. Not huge amounts just lots of small flakey pieces.
Just wondering best things to do / things to look out for in a neglected axy?
I have put her in a large tub of fresh water (our house water is untreated from a creek) aprox 30L for now, didn't want a tank contaminated if it turns out later she has something.

TIA

 

[Kaini]

I.... wouldn't use random creek water?? It could have all kinds of **** (that wasn't a bad word, thanks forum xD stuff. it could have stuff in it) in it.

Get some aquarium dechlorinator and dechlorinate your tap to use - that's much safer.

Keep the lotl in a tub of clean, dechlorinated water and keep it cool (under 68F) and feed it on earthworms. It should recover if the water is kept clean with daily water changes.

 

[Smoxolotl]

I agree w/ Kaini, axolotls can heal pretty well when finally given the right environment! Also, I have read on the forums that Indian Almond leaves or Black Tea in the water will help. If you search there are instructions on that already here, or most likely someone will post some for you here :happy: Best of Luck, its a lucky creature that gets rescued, and they make some of the best pets!:yin-yang:

 

[jelly]

I don't have access to any other water easily! altho i can get uv treated water if I wanted to do a lot of water collecting and carrying- all my other axys have been fine for years now with it so I will keep using it till I see a reason not to.

Thanks for your help- fingers crossed she should heal up and recover just fine.
I only sold her to the previous person 6months ago- along with another that died- so just really wanted to make sure she didn't end up the same

 

[Smoxolotl]

http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...-axolotl-general-discussion/96018-fungus.html

Hope this helps:happy:

 

[matias]

incredibly, axolotls do quite well when they feel comfortable (water not above 22C), don´t disturb it the first time. One time my axie jump of the tank, (with 30 in the room), and was there until i found it, was covered with dust and the skind dry, and part of the tail was cut off. i put it again in the tank, and was like contracted for a week with no movement, i tought it would die. but amazingly it survived and is really healthy now, you´ll be amazed how hard they are if you bring them the correct conditions.

 

[Smoxolotl]

Like lower temperatures in the 15-18C range. Sounds like the water was too hot for it so it was making an escape! Pretty lucky for mine, up/down here where I am in the Pacific NW, USA the temperatures stay in that range most of the year.

 

[Petersgirl]

If the axolotl's skin/slime coat has come off in small flakes, there are a few possible causes:

1) Stress
2) Bad water conditions
3) Damage to skin.

If your dechlorinator contains aloe (like Stress Coat + by API does) that's great as it will soothe the slime coat. You could also tea bath - just prepare one cup of black tea (no flavourings, so not a herbal or fruit variety) without milk or sugar per 10 liters of water. Then leave it to stew until cold. You can then throw away the teabag and apply the cold black tea to the tank water. It's wonderful stuff. I applied it to the nursing tank of one of my males, who bumped his head a bit sharply on an ornament, and within two days he has grown a small flap of skin back over the wound, and is calm and contented. One piece of advice though: prepare it in a dark or black cup to prevent tannin stains in your nice white mugs!

 

[jelly]

I am pretty sure it was just bad water conditions- altho I never saw them in their tank- owner reported multiple deaths to me which sounded like it was all just neglect! So I brought this one back- I wanted a female- and now HE is much healthier looking so I put him in with my other two in my tank and immediately he got to work laying spermatophores everywhere! Skin looks good now- no more peeling

 

[jelly]

- when they brough multiple axolotls off me they came across and knowing what they were doing- had some for years and one had died they recon of old age which sounded plausible at the time- they said it was 10yrs old. But they couldn't even tell what was female and what was male in the end! let alone anything else

 

[sde]

I.... wouldn't use random creek water?? It could have all kinds of **** (that wasn't a bad word, thanks forum xD stuff. it could have stuff in it) in it.

Get some aquarium dechlorinator and dechlorinate your tap to use - that's much safer.

Keep the lotl in a tub of clean, dechlorinated water and keep it cool (under 68F) and feed it on earthworms. It should recover if the water is kept clean with daily water changes.

I don't see whats wrong with "random" creek water? As long as it didn't come from some stagnant pool or something. And i will be honest, some "random" creek will probably have less **** in it than your axis tank xD Just saying...