Amerila
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Over the course of a month, we've lost four axols. We're completely clueless as to what it could be and we've already used the medicine we have. There's one axolotl left, and I'm afraid he might have caught whatever this is.
The sickness didn't hit everyone at once, but one after another. Once one passed, another got it. The symptoms have been a severely swollen cloaca, bloating, bleeding from the skin/toes (all over the body and seemingly random), and an immediate loss of appetite when bloated. We put the second and third axol in the fridge for 24 hours but they both passed as soon as they were brought out. All of them showed signs of stress (forward gills and curved tail) as well as irritation (attempting to bite self/chase tail). The fourth, unfortunately, passed immediatly after I changed their water. We've used spring water all along, rarely tap (treated when we did), and we've never had a problem before. None of them have ever been on any gravel or sand.
Their diet has been a majority of wild caught earth worms and small cichlids pellets. Could this be caused by a parasite from wild earth worms? If so, is there a medicine I can get to save him? We don't have a vet here that knows anything about axolotls and we live in the country.
I don't know if this information will help, but our boy is 6-7 inches big. At the moment, his cloaca is quite swollen. He pooped about two days ago.
The sickness didn't hit everyone at once, but one after another. Once one passed, another got it. The symptoms have been a severely swollen cloaca, bloating, bleeding from the skin/toes (all over the body and seemingly random), and an immediate loss of appetite when bloated. We put the second and third axol in the fridge for 24 hours but they both passed as soon as they were brought out. All of them showed signs of stress (forward gills and curved tail) as well as irritation (attempting to bite self/chase tail). The fourth, unfortunately, passed immediatly after I changed their water. We've used spring water all along, rarely tap (treated when we did), and we've never had a problem before. None of them have ever been on any gravel or sand.
Their diet has been a majority of wild caught earth worms and small cichlids pellets. Could this be caused by a parasite from wild earth worms? If so, is there a medicine I can get to save him? We don't have a vet here that knows anything about axolotls and we live in the country.
I don't know if this information will help, but our boy is 6-7 inches big. At the moment, his cloaca is quite swollen. He pooped about two days ago.
