T. cristatus got bit!

[audrey]

I have a mating couple of T.cristatus and sometime last night the female got bit on the tail. The bite is about 1/4" wide with a 1/2 circle bite missing. I have heard of putting melafix in the water for wounds but I don't know at what ratio to medicate for newts instead of fish? I also could wait and see how she does but I know that once there is infection it is really had to get rid of. But the water is clean and she's health, so..... any advice, other kinds of treatment, ect?
Thank you, Audrey

 

[audrey]

No one has any advice for me?

 

[rigsby]

hi Audrey...i would just leave it and see how it go'es .

 

[ssmithusp]

I had the same thing happen to my crested newt. The male took a bite out of my female's tale when I fed them chopped earthworms (back in March). I did not attempt any type of treatment. The missing chunk out of her tail grew back within a couple of months. Today you can't tell it happened.

 

[Jennewt]

During the years that I had crested newts, I saw a number of tail bites resulting in "missing chunks" of various sizes. One of them was a really nasty-looking chunk taken out of the TOP of the tail midway down. I never did any special treatment, and all of them grew back normally, just as Sue described.

 

[audrey]

Thanks for you responses!!

 

[michael]

I wouldn't treat it unless it starts to look infected. I don't think melafix is recommended for use with newts and salamanders.