some help needed

[matt77]

Hi all

I have a 3 year old axie called pete last night when i got home from work there was a a bloody pool of mucus in the corner of his tank. He then saw me and thundered throw the undergrowth to say hello
that is when i noted that he had no blood flow throw his gills. I left him for a bit and when i returned the blood flow had returned and he had his tea then to night got home and no red gills again but he very happy any one got any idears.

 

[Kaysie]

What are you feeding it?

As far as the blood flow in the gills: there will be decreased blood flow when they're resting ("sleeping"), or just being lazy. When they're more active, there's more blood flow.

 

[ben_tajer]

could you go into more detail on the bloody pool of mucus? What color is the axolotl?

 

[matt77]

Hi

blood worm and gardenworms,fish. His gills have all ways had some colour but now they have none what soever

 

[matt77]

could you go into more detail on the bloody pool of mucus? What color is the axolotl?

it was exactly that a pool of bloody mucus he is white

 

[Kaysie]

If you could post pictures, that would help.

As far as food. If you're feeding him predominantly bloodworms, the stool will be more red than not. Alternately, it could have been bolus (axolotl vomit), which would appear bloody if full of half-digested worms.

What kind of substrate do yo have? How warm are you keeping the tank? How often do you feed?

 

[ben_tajer]

it was exactly that a pool of bloody mucus he is white

Yeah OK, was it like snot, or did it have bits of flesh in it, was it just solid red or was there a pattern to it? With this description could be anything from a stool to something far more serious, like a discharge of infected tissue from within the axolotl.

 

[matt77]

Yeah OK, was it like snot, or did it have bits of flesh in it, was it just solid red or was there a pattern to it? With this description could be anything from a stool to something far more serious, like a discharge of infected tissue from within the axolotl.

It look like some thing that would have come out of a blender but no pattern and hes been to the loo nothing wrong with that end the same as the last three years it seemed to stay seperate from the water in his tank like when you add oil to water it seperates

 

[matt77]

If you could post pictures, that would help.

As far as food. If you're feeding him predominantly bloodworms, the stool will be more red than not. Alternately, it could have been bolus (axolotl vomit), which would appear bloody if full of half-digested worms.

What kind of substrate do yo have? How warm are you keeping the tank? How often do you feed?

sorry only have old pics from when young substratte is sand and temp is a constant 17.5. He has 2 nights off feeding throw the week.

 

[Kaysie]

As adults, they only need to eat a few times a week. Especially at that temperature, I wouldn't worry about them going off food for a couple days.