Seeking Some Quick Advice

[EasternRomioi3]

Ok so, first thing, I worked like 6 days in a row last week, all closing shifts, so I wasn't around my axolotl a lot. I came home on my 5th day and saw she had a bloody cut in her tail. The one photo I attached shows it. Does it look like it's healing well? It looks like she was swimming through all her drift wood and either got stuck or got spooked and brushed off some of her tail fin.

Second thing, see her gills? See the one on her left side, the uppermost one. The one that curls. Why does it curl? It's always curled like that. It's got poor circulation, and is usually always white and she has a hard time growing filaments there. Is this just her life, a chronic problem she will have or is something wrong? I mean, she's always had it. She's like 3 years old in a week so I doubt it's going to change.

Final thing, she's still eating, still using the bathroom. Still swimming around lazily like she always does. No change in behavior. I just don't know about her curled gill stalk. It worries me.

 

[LeoTheDoctor]

Idk much about axolotl wounds but it seems to be healing well. Keep watching it while it heals to make sure nothing like infection or something shows up. My axie cut his tail once and he started to heal it in the same day, their healing abilities really are amazing she'll probably be fine. About the curled gill, from everything I've read and seen this is not a sign of stress so you shouldn't have to worry. The curled gills of a stressed axie are normally curled to the front of the body and it's usually all of them and not just one. Axolotls have differences from each other, their gills is a good example of that. Some are smaller and some are bigger than the avarage. It could also be a genetic problem, but I don't think it's something that could affect the life quality of your axie since axolotls have 3 different breathing processes.

 

[EasternRomioi3]

Ok, thanks for the info about the tail cut. It was pretty bloody the night she did it but now it's kinda just a rough mark across her fin. As for her gill, yeah, the only 2 times I've seen her throw her gills forward in defense is when my mom's cat fell in the tank, and when I first changed her from 10 gallon to a 20 gallon tank. She's used to me now, so she doesn't get too defensive. I just feel bad about her curled gill. She's gotten gill fungus on it twice. Is that gill more prone to fungus because it has poorer circulation? I even went back and looked at baby photos of her, she's had that weird gill since we got her.

 

[LeoTheDoctor]

Ok, thanks for the info about the tail cut. It was pretty bloody the night she did it but now it's kinda just a rough mark across her fin. As for her gill, yeah, the only 2 times I've seen her throw her gills forward in defense is when my mom's cat fell in the tank, and when I first changed her from 10 gallon to a 20 gallon tank. She's used to me now, so she doesn't get too defensive. I just feel bad about her curled gill. She's gotten gill fungus on it twice. Is that gill more prone to fungus because it has poorer circulation? I even went back and looked at baby photos of her, she's had that weird gill since we got her.

I don't know if it's more prone to fungus or not, that's hard for me to know. What you can do/keep doing is check water parameters frequently and do weekly water changes. Also remember to wash your hands very well if you have to stick them in the tank for cleaning or anything. By the way, what are the water parameters?

 

[EasternRomioi3]

Her water quality is as close to perfect as I can get. 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, like 30 nitrates, I did a water change on Friday. Temp is currently at 62. I honestly think it was from my cast, not like I can clean that thing.