Treating an injury

[Nancy Haggerty]

My 2 month old gold axolotl got her leg bitten. The injury is ragged it was not a clean bite. I have isolated her and saw some faint hairs starting to form on the injured site. I do not feel comfortable with fridging but her hospital tank is at 56 degrees( tank she was in was at 68). She is on day 2 of salt baths for 15 minutes (solution is 2 tablespoons per gallon of water). I am making indian almond leaf extract to for a bath and I also have black tea that I could use. In my fish emergency kit do have some antibiotics on hand but I am not sure what would be best to use or dosage. She ate yesterday ( blackworms) but is showing no intrest this morning. I am very concerned please help.

 

[keiko]

Just keep the water cool and clean. There's no need to do salt baths unless there is visible fungus on the wound. Salt baths are very stressful and can also harm the gills etc. Don't use antibiotics either unless there's an infection and you have made sure the antibiotic is safe and checked the right dosage. Indian almond leaves are ok to use. You can keep those in her tank the whole time.

 

[Nancy Haggerty]

Thank you for replying there does appear to be fungus which is why I started salt baths but at a reduced rate because of age. I make an extract of indian almond leaves for my betta fish in a different tank. The extract is made using 25 leaves for 1 gallon of water which is boiled and allowed to soak over 3 days the extract is used at 1 ounce for each gallon of water.Would it be the same rate for my axolotyl.. I have read that they can have a reaction to indian almond leaves so I was going to try a bath first at the rate above before adding it to her water.