Illness/Sickness: From all good to upsidedown in 24hrs

[mbeaton69]

Right now I am pretty grateful for this site. 8am one of my new Chinese FBN (1-1.5 inches) was chilling upside down I almost flushed him.. no movement except a tiny wiggle from his tail. Could there be hope? After reading for hours I gave him a salt bath and stuck him in the fridge on wet paper towels. His skin seems to be coming off so I polyed him up after bath. 6 hours later I checked on him, looks as though he peed the towel. So I go to change it and there is blood, just a little under him right between the arms. I see there is a wound there so more poly. He seems to be responding really well. At least he is responding to being lubed up with a q-tip. I mean 6 hours earlier I was ready to pronounce him dead. I will bathe him later on again. The questions I have are, do they eat while recovering in fridge? How long should I keep him in there? I guess I am getting ahead of myself. Lets see if he makes it through the night. Any tips or questions leave them hear thanks .
matt

 

[mbeaton69]

its been a roller coaster for my little guy. Anyone have any ideas how long they will live in fridge without food? I think im gonna stop with the salt baths and try to get him antibiotics he has an open sore that leaves a tiny amount of blood on the paper towel, i feel so bad for him/her

 

[Greatwtehunter]

Definitely halt the salt baths right now. It is a long shot but I would just apply Neosporin (anti-biotic ointment) to the wound twice daily for about a week to see if it helps. Your newt can easily go that amount of time without food.

 

[mbeaton69]

Thanks.
Neosporin is called Polysporin in Canada. Vitamin e, aloe and another antibiotic., for minor cuts and burns. The problem I am having is applying the cream on wet skin, with a q-tip is darn near impossible, especially when its cold. I have found drying him with paper towel then rubbing ointment with my finger is the only way it will stick. I am pretty sure the fungus is dead but hehas still got white patches. Will these get their "black" colour back over time?I am going try to post a video, when I apply more later on.
Thanks for responding because I was worried about him not eating. So if the sore heals , then take him out of fridge and try to feed him after that.

 

[mbeaton69]

heres the video of my newt notice the sores? im pretty much noob so all i could figure out was to zip the 3g file

 

[mbeaton69]

he did not make it went in the fridge thanks for the one who replied