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[siobhan12]

Hi a few days ago my albino axie had her whole front leg bitten off i seperated frm my three other axies and she is now in my quarrantine tank. The next day i noticed white fluff (i think it fungal infection ) at end of stump. I have been giving salt baths and keeping her seperated but its not going will this dissappear on its own as limb grows back? it has only been three days i have even fridged her on the day i saw the fungus but took her out at end of day she is eating well but has not pooped please help thanku so much x

 

[FX1C]

If the water in the quarantine tank is cool & 100% changed daily (with aged dechlorinated water), leaving her in there to recover with twice daily salt baths is better than fridge.

Fridging is not meant to be a few hours or half a day it's a longer term treatment that is helpful for impacted / constipated axolotls. Extreme changes in temperatures should be carried out over a few hours so it's more stressful to keep fridging just a little bit.

Salt baths are essential for treating the fungus - follow the guide & it should help to get rid of the fungus.

You could add an almond leaf to the water in tank or even some black tea - as per directions

These add tannins to the water & can help to stave off more fungus in between salt baths - it's soothing to the slime coat so can be used in combination. & continued once the fungus is no longer visable & salt baths no longer necessary



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[Bdyoung]

Also could the fluff be dead skin or remnants of the arm?

 

[elfelty]

My silly boy took a bite out of two of my Jorm's legs a couple months ago. It was a rare incident, but anyway she had fluffy looking light bits hanging off of her wounds for about a week. It didn't look like typical fungus to me, so I didn't treat with salt baths in case it would irritate her further. She was pretty calm for two weeks (very unusual for her!) but when the fluffy bits came off she had smooth white skin, she's a dark wild type, which eventually spread back down into full limbs.
Keep a very close eye on yours and watch for the fluffy parts to spread or if it seems to be injured skin cleaning off. Also make sure you keep your water as clean as possible, take out waste right away and if you can make it a bit cooler than usual. Mine seem to be happier healing with those conditions.

 

[siobhan12]

hi guys thankyou so much for your replies unfortunately i took my axie to specialist vets today and she was very sick so they had to put her down i curse her previous owners who mistreated her and the other two i rescued in feb i had put so much time and effort into her she also had other health problems and had stopped eating and even coming up for air she will be truly missed xxxxx

 

[Deleted member 20061]

So sorry to hear that Siobhan, hope your other axolotls are doing well with you despite their past. Sounds like you did all you could for her. *hugs*