Illness/Sickness: Eye infection or scratched?

[MotherGothel]

I came home today and found one of my dark melanoid axies looking like this! I have no idea if it is a result of an injury or if it is an infection, none of his tank mates have this problem. He is ~1 yr 1 mo. old

I removed him from the tank and placed him in a separate container with cold, de-chlorinated water. Help?

In the photos I have included one of a white spot that I noticed on his back.... this spot has not spread or changed and he has had it for months now.

 

[auntiejude]

Cloudy eyes is usually a sign of a water quality issue - what are your water parameters? It doesn't look infected or injured.

 

[MotherGothel]

I need to check my parameters, but if it is due to the water conditions then why is it only one eye and why are none of my other 5 axies exhibiting similar symptoms?

If you look closely at the third picture the problem eye looks like there is one spot on it where there is a darker concentration of white, the shape of the eye is no longer smooth here either... as if part of it where bitten or there has been a growth (either healing or infection) forming where the eye is most white....

If an axolotl is bitten on part of its eye does that grow back? Its quite different from regenerating a limb....

Also I just noticed that it looks like he is starting to shed a bit around his mouth, and his coloring is noticeably lighter.... Could the change in color be due to the fact that he is in a clear container on a white counter?

 

[Elise]

Cloudy eyes can be a symptom to quite a few causes and I've listed some of the common ones found in the Caudata.org - Symptoms & Illnesses article.

• Injury
• Infection
• Diet
• Shedding Problems
• Exposure to Toxin

If you can eliminate the more pressing causes from the list, you may be left with a shedding problem which will usually clear up on its own.

 

[fireball99]

Your axie is lovely! He's like Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon. Hope he feels better soon