lovesheraxies
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Say hello to "Spinner"! Not his permanent name, this lil guy has had a rough start to life, when he was born in November his tail was unusually deformed, twisted and paddle like, (I posted about him here a few times a while back) he struggled, swimming in circles, wasting all his energy trying to get food, he wouldn't grow. After reading up on axolotls with such deformities and receiving advice from others that had similar situations it was recommended to euthanize him. I couldn't bring myself to do it, I knew he could be saved! Therefore I made the hard decision of surgically removing the portion of his tail that was affected, and hoped that he would be capable and strong enough to regenerate a more normal tail, I'm sure this may seem unorthodox to some but it was used as a last resort..Well here we are 6.5 months later! The tail is regenerating beautifully, he no longer floats and his spinning issue is nearly non existent! Hooray for Spinner! He is now a very healthy 2 and 3/4 inches (most likely around 4 by the time regenerate is complete) he is also a dwarf so I'm sure that attributes to his small size. I just love this little guy!