Illness/Sickness: A mysterious disease?

[v06106]

I have a question about the treatment of an axolotl diesease. My axolotl somehow grows alot of grey pokes from its body after it lost the gills. And he always floating on top of the water..Help me please.
Should i buy somthing for him?I had him for a year already.Please let me know what can i do
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[v06106]

Also...his gills hadn't grow back for 2 months already.

 

[inkozana]

Wow, I have never seen that before.. I hope you find some answers and I'm sorry I can't provide you with any..
good luck though

 

[michael]

It's tough to tell from the picture what is going on. The axolotl is way to skinny. A skin infection is my first guess. It could also be parasites but I doubt it. You need to figure out what caused it. Two things to look at would be water quality and temperature. I'd treat with salt bath or Furan 2. If it turns out to be a parasite panacur might work. The axolotl looks pretty far gone.

 

[Jake]

Two things to look at would be water quality and temperature... The axolotl looks pretty far gone.

I agree, this axolotl will need a lot of help to bring it back to health, it's in too bad of shape to help. Sorry to seem pessimistic, but it's the hard truth.

 

[sherylbobbins]

I was thinking something along the lines of maybe an extreme case of some external parasite?

 

[axyste]

my axolotl lost its gills with the same disease!

he has spots on his head??if he has i no ur not supposeded to but put in a 24'C tank no higher for teh fungus to die!

 

[Kaysie]

Putting an axolotl into a warmer tank, where the fungus will thrive in the warmer water, is not a good way to kill fungus. That's like saying you should put rotten milk on the counter to kill the bacteria.

Further more, your grammar and spelling is terrible. You have been warned TWICE about this, and you will be banned if you continue to use lazy English.

 

[Jennewt]

It's hard to tell, but it looks like a bad case of anchorworms. Do some google searches and see if the photos look like what your axie has. This parasite does infect axies, there's a photo on the Little Shop of Horrors page:
link to article with graphic photos of salamander illnesses
Anchorworm will not respond to any of the treatments suggested so far. The chemicals that are effective against anchorworm are rather harsh, and given the deteriorated state of this animal, may result in death. Sorry, I wish this could have been detected and treated sooner.

 

[ferret_corner]

My gawd that is horrific. the poor axolotl. oh my. I wish I hadn't looked at all. I agree it looks like some sort of anchor worm - there are several types of external parasites that plague fish and I would imagine axies would be highly susceptible without scales.

I would attempt an anchor worm treatment - possibly dislodging the ones you can see physically = then the chemical treatment in short exposures + fridging in between treatments.

Are anchor worms susceptible to salt baths?

Sharon

 

[michael]

If it is anchor worms it should be fairly easy to tell. The picture isn't clear enough to show much.

 

[John]

Anchor worms definitely. Poor axolotl.

 

[v06106]

Anchor worms definitely. Poor axolotl.

Yup.It is absolutely Anchorworm I think ...but what kind of medications you suggest me to use ?
Thank you for the help to all yours anyway.

 

[John]

Yup.It is absolutely Anchorworm I think ...but what kind of medications you suggest me to use ?
Thank you for the help to all yours anyway.

Do what you should have done to begin with - use the search facility. Type in the words "anchor worm" without the quotes and then search.

 

[oceanblue]

I've never dealt with this problem but the treatments suggested in a google search "Koi anchor worm" throws up Dimilin, which is an organophosphate insecticide, as the main drug used together with the information it is not easily available in many countries (I'm UK based and do not know where you are- I cannot find small doses retail).

Other organophosphate insecticides including some dog worming tablets may work but you will need to use dangerous medications and poisons outside their indicated use in carefully measured doses. This is the sort of problem where all but the brave, very well informed or foolhardy try to find a good vet.