TJ
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Problem here with a new Cynops ensicauda ensicauda. I acquired my first-ever batch several days ago, having only kept C.e.popei until now.
The wound wasn't evident when I got it, though there were a couple of others that came into the shop at the same time that I didn't get because they seemed to have parasites (suspicious bumps under their skin!).
At first, it looked like a bite or scrape that had become infected. The first pic doesn't show it, but from the side that's fungal fuzz.
I lightly applied hydrogen peroxide by Q-tip to the fuzz and put the newt into fresh water after about 5 seconds.
Then, I was surprised to see a tiny, thin light-colored worm swimming furiously at the top of the water, which had to have come from the newt (and probably the wound). I scooped up the worm up in a plastic cup, and it died a minute or so later, sinking to the bottom of the cup (sorry but it's too small to photograph). Definitely not a tubifex worm .
The effect of the peroxide treatment and the newt's swimming around afterward caused the fuzzy-covered skin to loosen to reveal red flesh beneath the flap of skin.
So this all leads me to have a number of questions:
* is anybody familiar with a quick-swimming tiny worm like this? can worms of this sort indeed cause wounds like this?
* would it be better to keep the newt in water or on a moist substrate until the wound heals? (it now seems more comfortable outside the water...)
* i don't intend to use any more peroxide on this poor critter, but what could I use instead that is easy on the newt but effective? anything that would probably be available from a vet in Japan that normally treats dogs/cats? i know of no herp vets...
* is salt or soil treatment applicable in cases like this?
* i am now quite worried about parasite infestation among the rest of my C.e.e (and there are quite a few of them!) -- what, if anything, could I possibly get to de-worm them?
Certainly don't expect answers to all these questions but any help would be greatly appreciated!
The wound wasn't evident when I got it, though there were a couple of others that came into the shop at the same time that I didn't get because they seemed to have parasites (suspicious bumps under their skin!).
At first, it looked like a bite or scrape that had become infected. The first pic doesn't show it, but from the side that's fungal fuzz.
I lightly applied hydrogen peroxide by Q-tip to the fuzz and put the newt into fresh water after about 5 seconds.
Then, I was surprised to see a tiny, thin light-colored worm swimming furiously at the top of the water, which had to have come from the newt (and probably the wound). I scooped up the worm up in a plastic cup, and it died a minute or so later, sinking to the bottom of the cup (sorry but it's too small to photograph). Definitely not a tubifex worm .
The effect of the peroxide treatment and the newt's swimming around afterward caused the fuzzy-covered skin to loosen to reveal red flesh beneath the flap of skin.
So this all leads me to have a number of questions:
* is anybody familiar with a quick-swimming tiny worm like this? can worms of this sort indeed cause wounds like this?
* would it be better to keep the newt in water or on a moist substrate until the wound heals? (it now seems more comfortable outside the water...)
* i don't intend to use any more peroxide on this poor critter, but what could I use instead that is easy on the newt but effective? anything that would probably be available from a vet in Japan that normally treats dogs/cats? i know of no herp vets...
* is salt or soil treatment applicable in cases like this?
* i am now quite worried about parasite infestation among the rest of my C.e.e (and there are quite a few of them!) -- what, if anything, could I possibly get to de-worm them?
Certainly don't expect answers to all these questions but any help would be greatly appreciated!