Open cloaca!

[eremita]

I've two axie, bro and sister. Now, the little one hasn't eaten very this month. Tomorrow morning everything was still okay, but about 4hours ago i saw it... maybe one pic tells more than a thousand word!
http://kuvablogi.com/nayta/185908/
Tank is about 35gallon (130litr), NO2 0, pH 7.0, temp 19c
Please tell me what's wrong? And what should I do?

 

[malachy]

hmmm, Ive never seen that before, i had thought you might be talking about a prolapse. What do you have in your tank, by way of gravel or sand, and do you have anything which he/she could have swallowed? It could be that he/she ate something too big and the result is from passing it? Im not saying thats what happened, as i said i havent seen it before but its possible i guess.

 

[eremita]

I read about prolapse, before I wrote here. And i think that it is not like that. In my case, his cloaca is just open and bit strange coloured (brown).. I have pretty big stones in my tank, so i don't think that he has eaten it.
He's only a 23cm, but his tankmate is 30cm. They're sister and brother. (Both of them are 1 3/4 years old now) With them there's a one really big (and old) applesnail. But it really is too big to swallow.

This axie is pretty active, moving around the tank almost all the time. Just with eating he has problems. He didn't eat yesterday and the day after that. Do I need to give him a salt bath or something?!

 

[malachy]

Im not sure about a salt bath, although that is the general remedy of choice around here for fungal infections and the like, but i dont know if it would help in this situation. With the feeding try something different, what do u normally feed.
Is there anything else unusual in the tank, out of the ordinary? Anything new?
Otherwise im not sure what to do, short of putting him the fridge, but i dont know how much that would help. Does it seem to be causing him any stress?

 

[bruce]

Hello,
From the picture I would say that it could be either cloacal infection/inflammation, or nerve damage (either local or spinal). If possible I would suggest getting it to a vet for proper evaluation, as diagnostic tests would almost certainly be useful, and appropriate treatment may involve topical or systemic anti-inflammatories and/or antibiotics.

 

[eremita]

He's dead now. When I found him today morning, he was smiling - but dead.

It really would be cloacal infection. Nothing new in the tank, nothing out of the ordinary.
But he has always been very tiny and small, and I think it has maybe been some congenital disease witch now has brought about (with some kinda cause of outside)infection. But i don't know.

R.I.P my little darling. Sit tibi terra levis, now and forever.

 

[malachy]

Im very sorry to hear that Eremita.