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Steveo

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My axie is bloated so bad her legs dont touch the bottom of the tank anymore... i have put her in the fridge with only about half the water in so she can get to the top if she needs to... but am wondering what else i can do.. it is possible that she swalowed gravel... but now she has rocks on the bottom...
 
Hi Steveo, Lower the water so it's just above her top fin (so her bum doesn't float up); apart from that change the water daily and keep an eye on her. Lowering the water so she doesn't float will help alleviate any stress she may be in from the floating.
 
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could she be bloated like that because she is full of eggs??? Is it around this time that she would be getting ready for breeding??? i know that she has reached sexual maturity because she has already had eggs once before i bought her.... She now has this stuff coming out of her im not sure if its poo it is clearish and slimy looking???
 
eggs! you have eggs by the sound of it
 
No, you are not describing a gravid female. She's definitely not right.
 
The bloating has gone down since a few days ago and she is still having that stuff coming out of her cloacal....Her cloacal region is bigger but doesnt look like it is actually swollen... Her toe tips are also dark which i read is a sign of sexual maturity... Also it is only her botttom half that is bloated... What do you think???
Thanks for all those links as well they are excellent can those same salt soultions be used on axolotls???
Thanks also Dancas your help was useful
 
That's good, perhaps it was an issue of gravel ingestion (which may also cause cloaca problems). It's hard to even speculate about gravid versus bloated w/o photos. Even with photos it can be hard to tell.

Yes, the salt article applies to axolotls - they are salamanders.
 
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Yesterday my axie looked better she was less bloated.. Early in the morning today i went into the fridge to check on her and she is ten times worse!! she is now floating on her side and she has a bubble type thing that is coming out of her cloacal and it is veiny and big!!! She is trying hard to hold onto the rocks but i am really worried... i am wanting to give her a salt bath and see if the bloating will go down but i am worried that she will get hurt more with that thing hanging out of her.....one of her gills is missing its fluffys....
 
Sounds like she has prolapsed. This is likely a side effect of the blockage. There's not a heck of a lot you can do about it - if she does pass the blockage there is a chance the prolapse will shrink and go back inside but honestly it doesn't sound good I'm afraid :(.
 
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Do you think that i should try to remove the stuff from her cloacal or let her try to pass it??? she is now floating on her back so i turned her round and stuck some sticks next to her so she has some grip because she was freaking out trying to turn back..... she is also burping a bit....Is it possible for her to drown if she stays on her back to long?????
 
Where are you keeping her at the moment? If she is in the tank it would be kinder to remove her carefully and place her in a lidded container of dechlorinated water, enough to cover her back and place her in the fridge...put a towel over the container to cut out the fridge light!. Try not to touch the 'stuff' coming out of her cloaca.Being in the fridge will hopefully make her a little more comfortable. In the mean time I would suggest you find a vet who can look at her..let them know its an axolotl with a prolapse. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you both.
 
At the moment i took her out of the fridge... the water is down to her back... the thing is her bubble in the bum popped she had her bum outta the water and it popped and all this fluid came out..... she still looks stressed but she is less bloated... but i am not outta the woods yet her bloating went down yesterday then flared right back up 10 times worse....
 
Please be sure to keep her in the fridge and as quiet as possible . Resist the urge to keep checking on her!!
 
It popping suggests to me that her body fluids are open to the water now and that she will almost certainly die within the next 48 hours.
 
Hi Steveo,

I am afraid that I agree with John. I am hoping for a miraculous recovery for your axie but the outcome does not look good.

Are you capable of euthenasia?

Best of luck
 
I am apolagizing for my post, I have been told i was wrong, i did not know any different as my female did that then had eggs,
Sorry mate!
 
By the time i got the msgs from you guys my axie had already passed.... Thankyou guys for all your help.....
 
Sorry for your loss Steve. I hope things go better in the future. I think you did the best anyone could do.
 
Hi Steve,

Sorry to hear that.

Sometimes it doesn't matter what we do, we can't interfere with the plans of nature. In this case I don't think there was anything else that you could have done to change the outcome.
 
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