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aimee
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I've kept my male guanxiensis with my female P.fuzhongensis for about a week now, only to find on saturday night my poor old male belly up in the tank.
I'd noticed a bit of aggression from my female towards him earlier in the week but I put it down to food being around.
I remembered a posting somewhere about somebody who had found their newt belly up but taken it out and left it it a tub for a while. Well I decided to try this and left the body in a tub overnight. The poor old guy was very limp, bloated and extremley flexable, aswell as having glassy eyes. I was very shocked to find him up and alive the next morning after showing signs of being completly dead to the world the previous night.
Anyway, bottom line is, I gave him a quick examination the moment I found him (to see if there where any wounds) and I found nothing, but now he is alive again there has been bleeding coming from his front right leg which I touhgt was broken originally as he wasn't moving it. I am pretty sure this damage is caused by the female's agression (clamping on to his leg) and now although he is using it (not broken, most likely just very sore) he bleeding won't stop. It is not a dramatic amount, but enough to get me concerned. He is very weak at the moment and although I have offers from a friend to help heal him, I think the journey would be too much stress for him and he might not make it, I am not willing to lose him that way.
I'll try calling the vet in a while to see if they have anyhting to help him, but I just don't know how to stop the bleeding. It's been going now for a few days and it is most likely making him weaker and weaker. He has lost colour and won't eat alot but the fact he is eating is very good.
Anyone have any suggestions? he is being kept terrestrial and will from now on, on paper towel substrate and being fed waxworms,earthworms and crickets....
I'd noticed a bit of aggression from my female towards him earlier in the week but I put it down to food being around.
I remembered a posting somewhere about somebody who had found their newt belly up but taken it out and left it it a tub for a while. Well I decided to try this and left the body in a tub overnight. The poor old guy was very limp, bloated and extremley flexable, aswell as having glassy eyes. I was very shocked to find him up and alive the next morning after showing signs of being completly dead to the world the previous night.
Anyway, bottom line is, I gave him a quick examination the moment I found him (to see if there where any wounds) and I found nothing, but now he is alive again there has been bleeding coming from his front right leg which I touhgt was broken originally as he wasn't moving it. I am pretty sure this damage is caused by the female's agression (clamping on to his leg) and now although he is using it (not broken, most likely just very sore) he bleeding won't stop. It is not a dramatic amount, but enough to get me concerned. He is very weak at the moment and although I have offers from a friend to help heal him, I think the journey would be too much stress for him and he might not make it, I am not willing to lose him that way.
I'll try calling the vet in a while to see if they have anyhting to help him, but I just don't know how to stop the bleeding. It's been going now for a few days and it is most likely making him weaker and weaker. He has lost colour and won't eat alot but the fact he is eating is very good.
Anyone have any suggestions? he is being kept terrestrial and will from now on, on paper towel substrate and being fed waxworms,earthworms and crickets....