Illness/Sickness: Back leg/tail paralysis

[LammyTheAxolotl]

Please help! My 8 year old axolotl recently started refusing food last Wednesday and floating, paralysis in back legs and tail Monday. The spine is deformed from scoliosis shes always had. First assumed she was impacted/constipated and fridged for a day. I was able to get xrays at the to personally look at last Friday from my local vet since they dont have a specialist. Cant see anything wrong and pet was moving legs/tail at time of xray. Pet does have extreme scoliosis that has never caused an issue before. Pet got worse saturday and placed into a fridge container again still worried about chance of constipation, improved slightly Sunday. Tried to return to tank but pet cant swim well or sink so I returned her back to the fridge again sunday. Daily water changes with slow acclimation, water quality looks good. Monday, paralysis in back legs and tail doesnt seem to have feeling in them. Pet is still very “full of life” trying to move on front legs to explore despite paralysis, doesnt seem very lethargic besides lack of appetite. Normally eats every other day. Did accidentally treat axolotl with aloe infused conditioner sunday, changed monday after realizing mistake, other axolotl in a separate tank I treat the same has shown no symptoms from it. I dont have a lot of money but ill do anything I can to save her! Trying to contact a vet but im looking for anyone who has tips or ideas in the meantime.

Thinking of trying methylene blue but she has no signs of fungal infection or ammonia burns. Her gills do look a little smaller than normal too.

 

[wolfen]

what food does she normally eat? has any other food been tried?
the scoliosis may be a major reason for the rear paralysis due to spinal nerve communication this improve or worsen over time.
although tubing in shallow water can help with floating issues fridging can cause problems such as organ failure and death and should be a last resort.
apart from lack of appetite and floating are there any other symptoms or abnormal behaviour ie.. swelling/bloating, signs of digging in substrate, prolonged hiding etc..

 

[LammyTheAxolotl]

what food does she normally eat? has any other food been tried?
the scoliosis may be a major reason for the rear paralysis due to spinal nerve communication this improve or worsen over time.
although tubing in shallow water can help with floating issues fridging can cause problems such as organ failure and death and should be a last resort.
apart from lack of appetite and floating are there any other symptoms or abnormal behaviour ie.. swelling/bloating, signs of digging in substrate, prolonged hiding etc..

She has had a variety of food, blood worms, night crawlers and krill. I only put her in the fridge temporarily, the bloating never cleared after another 12 hrs. She was moved to a shallow hospital tank (she cant sink still unfortunately). I have scheduled her for euthanasia with a vet, I believe it may be a combination of age and underlying health conditions with the scoliosis that have just caught up to her. Thank you for reaching out.