jakedesalvo
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Hello. I've got an issue with a newt acting abnormally, and I think he's ill. I keep two male newts in a 10-gallon tank (crappy photo album here: https://imgur.com/a/fbutl) , and I believe they're both over ten years old. I cleaned the tank and changed the water about five days ago. Since then, this little guy has been hiding behind a dry rock in the corner and acting very sluggish. I put food in the tank and it disappears, but I never see him eating. The sick one sits in a dry corner behind a rock for hours at a time and has stopped spending much time in the water. I tried feeding him freeze-dried bloodworms just a bit ago and he snapped at the spoon, however he didn't seem to swallow anything. The temperature in the tank is 66-67 degrees fahrenheit, and they get little to no actual sunlight.
Some quick internet homework suggests he might be impacted, but I don’t know how to be sure of that or how to treat it. Any thoughts?
Some quick internet homework suggests he might be impacted, but I don’t know how to be sure of that or how to treat it. Any thoughts?