How to care for newt leg? amputation?

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I have a firebelly newt that looks to have something wrong with the back leg..it looks broken im not sure...he can barely use it and it looks like he is in pain...what should i do? is amputation an option? the skin around the top of his thigh looks like see through redish..what do you guys think?? he can still use it a bit..
 
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