possible constipation in new axie

[lollypop]

hello all.
I am hoping for a little help.
I have taken on a new axie, and at the moment she is in the Q tank.
(2ft with cycled jewel filter so hardley any water movment, readings are amm.0 nitrites 0 and nitrates 20)
she was quite stressed when she got here (had a longish car journey)
and she has been very quiet (not a lot of movment) since saterday.

i know that each is an individual and therefore to compare her to my other two, could be a mistake. but! my wild type (i am presuming as she is dark greenish and motled in colour) hides in her little (large really) hiding places most of the time. and is always eager for worms.(she is in a 3ft tank)
my young lad (in another 2ft tank) is more livley in the mornings and evenings. and takes frequent wanders round his tank.

the new girl that i have seems a little round in the tummy and tends to just sit on the sand with all four leggs in the air. she has not gone into her hidycave at all. i have noticed today some slight raising of her tail. as she is white i can also notice that the bottom of her tummy seems very dark, this is what is bringing me to the conclusion that she may be constipated.
she had been fed on blood worm pellets, and i am wondering if these may have bunged her up slightly, she seems only half hearted in her intrest to food at the moment, so my plan of action was to give her a couple of day's without food.
and if there had been no movment, i have and electric cool box, that acts like a mini fridge so i was going to give her a stint in this.
the temp of her water at the moment is about 19.

so far in my keeping of axies i have not come apon this problem. so if anyone has any advice or thinks that im on the wrong track. please let me know.

(oh and sorry for the essay )

lolly

 

[gr33neyes]

Ok give her time to settle, everything is all new and she is wary.
As for the round tummy, what sort of substrate was she on before you brought her home?
She may just want a poo hence the tail raising or she may have gulped too much air. Just keep an eye on it.
Do you know how old she is?

 

[lollypop]

i know that the person that had her before i did has had her for about the same amount of time as i have had bubba. so about 6-7 months. but she is a lot smaller than my bubba. and she has no colouration on her toes so i think she must have been tiny when she was got.

one of the reasons that i was given this axie was because she was acting this way, and the fact that she would be able to go in with one of my axies and not be alone anymore.

 

[gr33neyes]

Was she on gravel before you got her?

 

[lollypop]

opps sorry i forgot to answer that bit.

as far as im aware she wasnt. (im pretty sure she wasnt)

 

[ianclick]

Hi Lolly,

Sounds like you are on the right track and you have accurately described the symptoms for constipation.

I would do as you say and not feed it for a week if this has not helped then fridging often can.

 

[lollypop]

thanks for that. ianclick

if she has more problems, i will be back to you all.

 

[lollypop]

well im back.

my lill-bit has been living in the fridge for the last 3 weeks.

she just seemed to be getting more and more stressed, and then she started to get a little fluffy.

i gave her some salt baths for about a week and it seemed to dissapear (she had a movement the first night in the fridge,) and at the end of the week when she was no longer having salt baths she took a tiny piece of fish, although it must have been so tiny as it never has come out of the other end)
we gave her a little bit longer in the fridge, and the fungus has come back with a vengance, she has been having salt bath for four days now, and it dosent seem to be comming off this time, and since the tiny bit of fish, she has eaten nothing,

now i know that in the fridge the likleyhood of eating is lestened (sp) but how long can this go on for)
the other thing is as it (the fungus) seems to mainly be on the gills and toe's, her gills seem to be gettin smaller and she has occasionaly taken gasps at the surface of the water,
the water is shallow and just enuf to cover her. and if i raise the level (only slightley) she will push up so her head is just on the surface of the water.

so the question is.

how best to go on from here,
any advise.
how worried should i be.

thanks for the help.

and excuse my spelling etc. (i am dislexex, and am woried i will get into trouble for wrighting it all wrong)

laura