Question: Help! Sick axolotl

[roeanddarwin]

for the past few months, I've had my other axolotl attacking my female, he's eaten her limbs and gills (out of aggression, they are well fed). But my female is not eating whatsoever, she throws up anything I give her and she is way too thin. She's in a container (with circulation) inside the tank so the other would stop attacking her. She has unnoticeable limbs and she isn't happy. At this point, I've ran out of things to do for her that I can afford, and all around do. Please help, I don't want her to die if there is anything I can do for her.


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[LoriML]

Well this will surely be a very long post, and I'm getting kids ready for school, so I'll get the ball rolling.

First of all, what size is your tank? So you have plenty of hides in there? Are they more than an inch different in size? And what (and when) are you feeding them?

I'm not entirely sure what it will take to heal her, but the first thing you want to do is put her in a stress free (separate) container so she's not getting bit to pieces. She'll need cool, fresh dechlorinated water, with 100% daily water to changes to allow her to begin the healing process. It's unclear if she's got fungus or bacteria, so I can imagine a salt or tea bath may be in order, but pics can help determine if that's an issue or not. Any open would will be very susceptible to problems right now as her injuries sound quite significant.

Perhaps fridging would be an option. I'm not super experienced with the fridging part other than reading about it, so someone more experienced can pipe in on that.

I'm not sure what you're feeding her. A good start would be small chunks or earth worm to get something in her until she can have larger worms and hold them down. She undoubtedly extremely stressed at this point.