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I have three fully aquatic Eastern Newts that live together in an 20 Gallon tank.
Substrate is Gravel with live plants.
Current tank temperature is 59.5F
Water Parameters: Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, Nitrates 20, pH 6.6
Diet: Live Daphnia, Blackworms, White worms, and guppy fry. Frozen Bloodworms and brine shrimp.
The newts are owned by my employer. I went on vacation last week and the coworker in charge of the animal care did not preform any water changes and I do not know if they were fed properly or when this problem first started. When I returned to work yesterday I noticed that one of our adult eastern newts had a major problem with one of their eyes. The eye is bulging, cloudy white, and has blood in it. This has never happened before. I immediately put them in a bare bottom hospital tank with an Indian Almond leaf, some guppy weed and some black worms. They are active but not interested in food at this time. I did do a salt bath yesterday with no change in condition.
www.caudata.org
This previous thread seems most similar to my situation, however it appears that triple sulfa has been discontinued by API.
I am going to try starting to treat with Furan-2 today and I am crossing my fingers for some improvement.
Does anyone have any suggestions? With them not eating, I am very worried about the prognosis at the moment.
Substrate is Gravel with live plants.
Current tank temperature is 59.5F
Water Parameters: Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, Nitrates 20, pH 6.6
Diet: Live Daphnia, Blackworms, White worms, and guppy fry. Frozen Bloodworms and brine shrimp.
The newts are owned by my employer. I went on vacation last week and the coworker in charge of the animal care did not preform any water changes and I do not know if they were fed properly or when this problem first started. When I returned to work yesterday I noticed that one of our adult eastern newts had a major problem with one of their eyes. The eye is bulging, cloudy white, and has blood in it. This has never happened before. I immediately put them in a bare bottom hospital tank with an Indian Almond leaf, some guppy weed and some black worms. They are active but not interested in food at this time. I did do a salt bath yesterday with no change in condition.
Illness/Sickness: - Cynops pyrrhogaster with white eye
Hello, I am new to the forum, so if I make any etiquette mistakes, please be gentle. :) I found Caudata.org yesterday, while searching for an explanation for my newt's cloudy eye. I am so glad to have found such a great source of information. First, some background: The newt came from a...
I am going to try starting to treat with Furan-2 today and I am crossing my fingers for some improvement.
Does anyone have any suggestions? With them not eating, I am very worried about the prognosis at the moment.
