Treatment for Axolotl with all limbs missing

MochiAxolotl

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I am taking this girl in later today. She has been severely mangled by her tank mates and is missing all 4 of her legs. I am a newer axolotl owner. I rescued my boy, Mochi, approximately a year ago. He was very malnourished and had a fungal infection that I treated with salt soaks for 2 weeks. She is obviously in very poor shape compared to him, so does anyone have any advice for how to safely treat her? I will know more once I pick her up, but I am told she is still very responsive and has a good appetite. Most of the injuries from the past few weeks, so I’m really worried about infection. I am going to be keeping her in a cycled tub with aeration until she gets stronger. Any tips and advice are greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
 
house her in water containing 50% holtfreters + 0.1g/l magnesium sulphate to aid with healing and to make the water as comfortable as possible (also to stave of any other issues such as fungal), include eyed food into diet ie.. mysis shrimp, krill, fish, this is to provide vitamin A which will also help with limb growth.
 
house her in water containing 50% holtfreters + 0.1g/l magnesium sulphate to aid with healing and to make the water as comfortable as possible (also to stave of any other issues such as fungal), include eyed food into diet ie.. mysis shrimp, krill, fish, this is to provide vitamin A which will also help with limb growth.
Thank you for the reply! I added the holfreters solution to the tub that I’m keeping her in. The tub is floating in my larger cooled aquarium so the water stays at a good temperature, and I will be doing daily complete water changes. She ate a night crawler and has a great appetite, so I’m hopeful she’ll recover without any major setbacks 🤞 I’ll pick up some of the food you suggested tomorrow
 
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