Illness/Sickness: HELP sick Lilly the axolotl

[LilyTheAxolotl]

Everything was fine until the warm weather hit. She has a great relationship with my daughter and swims towards her when we are watching the tank. Her tank was at 71 degrees Fahrenheit (1 degree higher than normal) and she was laying on the bottom gasping for air (5-3-2018) She couldn’t swim to the top (which she normally does easily). Her back legs look paralyzed as she is not using them and they drag under her body. Her toes still work we can see them moving. Her tail is a bit curved and looks like she’s shedding skin on the top part of her tail. She’s turning a black color (which I read was normal with age, about 8 months old) She is a wild type and has never been sick before. Her water parameters are testing normal and she ate the day before with no issues. She’s refusing to eat now. She usually eats earthworms but every few weeks we feed her a frozen carnivore cube. She looks so sick we put her in the fridge Saturday (5-5-2018), worried about constipation or impaction, she’s only pooped once in the fridge. I’ve read so much about these little guys but I’ve found no help thus far. No idea what’s causing her curved tail or how to help her. Any information is greatly appreciated.

 

[Hayleyy]

Can you post some pictures?
If you normally have your tank at 70 degrees this is still too hot for an axolotl, fyi. You want it around 60-66 degrees. I don't think that could suddenly cause such a bad reaction though.
Are there any other axolotls in there? You said the tank parameters are reading normal, but what exactly are the numbers?
What substrate do you have?
The curved tail is usually a sign of stress, from whatever is causing her to be so sick.

 

[LilyTheAxolotl]

The pet shop we bought her from had their tanks at 75 and they were all doing fine but since we’ve had her we’ve slowly been dropping the temp. We don’t have anything in the tank with her besides pipes and rocks for her to climb on or hide inside. We have a glass bottom so no substrate. We use a gentile filter that doesn’t move the water much at all. She was in a 30 gallon tank before we fridged her. I didn’t write the numbers down from her most recent water test but I use the water samples with the chemicals drops to test her parameters. We recently added a small bubbler (a month ago) with no issues. Maybe that’s too much water movement for her? I’m not sure, she seemed to like it. She would swim over ang gulp the bubbles. She seems to have like a rash on her back that’s darker than the rest of her.
Now I’m not sure when to know it’s safe to take her out of the fridge :sad:

 

[Hayleyy]

She is looking really stressed, poor thing!
Gills are looking good, so there is no oxygen oversaturation.
Fridging axolotls will make them more lethargic, are you able to house her in a container that can be kept at 60-66 degrees (with a fan, maybe)? It is safe to drop the temperature of her tank to ideal levels over about 24 hours, if you're able to. When moving between tanks/containers make sure you're acclimatising her to the temps (don't put her straight from fridge-cold water to room temp, etc.
What water conditioner are you using?
Hoping someone else drops in with more help