Niels D
Well-known member
- Joined
- Jun 2, 2011
- Messages
- 1,387
- Reaction score
- 140
- Points
- 63
- Location
- The Beautiful Burgundian South
- Country
- Netherlands
In the spring I moved my animals from paper towels to forest dirt. They were doing very well as you can see on the vid (repost):
Feeding S.i.infraimmaculata - YouTube
After a while one died and another animal started to show strange behaviour. His movements were abnormal and he walked in a strange manner. First I thought it was a chlamydiaceae disease, but his appetite remained. Check this interesting article:Novel Chlamydiaceae Disease in Captive Salamanders - - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC A lack of calcium was possible though I allready gave it a lot.
Watch him walk:
20120907123934 - YouTube
He also couldn't flip himself after I put it on it's backside. This is always a bad sighn. He got bloated shortly after the vid.
I thought all hope was gone, but since he's moved back to paper towels he's doing a lot better. His movements are almost normal again. He kept on eating and growing. Still his appetite has grown since he moved. Alas he's still bloated, but since he's eating and acting normal I'm not that worried. Hopefully this will go away now temps are dropping. This is him now:
Feeding S.i.infraimmaculata - YouTube
After a while one died and another animal started to show strange behaviour. His movements were abnormal and he walked in a strange manner. First I thought it was a chlamydiaceae disease, but his appetite remained. Check this interesting article:Novel Chlamydiaceae Disease in Captive Salamanders - - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC A lack of calcium was possible though I allready gave it a lot.
Watch him walk:
20120907123934 - YouTube
He also couldn't flip himself after I put it on it's backside. This is always a bad sighn. He got bloated shortly after the vid.
I thought all hope was gone, but since he's moved back to paper towels he's doing a lot better. His movements are almost normal again. He kept on eating and growing. Still his appetite has grown since he moved. Alas he's still bloated, but since he's eating and acting normal I'm not that worried. Hopefully this will go away now temps are dropping. This is him now: