Question: What do you make of this?

Yay! That's great news, Beck ^.^ I'm looking forward to see some pictures of a healthy, happy Axolotl later on :)
 
Thank you :happy: She will be very fat and happy when she starts eating again on her new diet of worms :D
 
axigeek said:
Been to the vet, had a sample taken from her gill and she was x-rayed. She has a bacterial infection and is on antibiotics for the next month. Looks like she will pull through. I will start trying to feed her in about 3 days. Thanks to everyone for their support. :happy:
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What anti-biotic did they give you and what's the dosage schedule? Also, did the vet happen to mention what type of bacterial infection it was?
 
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The specialist vet treats axi's at least once a month and seemed to know quite a lot about them and he didnt look at me funny for anything I told him I'd done. He said that he couldn't tell exactly what kind of bacterial infection it is with out doing more tests that would cost a lot of money.

He gave me some syringes and told me to give her 0.12ml of (reading from the bottle here) enrotril oral solution diluted with propylene glycol once a day for a month.

I trust the vet, but I'm sure someone is bound to start screaming at me 'dont do it, its bad!', well Copper seems ok with it so far and I haven't had any better suggestions aside from 'dont give her this' or 'dont give her that'. If I don't give her anything she will die.
 
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Hey Beck,

I did preliminary research into enrotril and found some information that might be of value to you. It appears enrotril is used to treat a spectrum of bacteria including:

E.coli, Proteus spp., Klebsiella spp, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staph spp and Group D Streptococcus, Streptococcus Spp, Pasteurella spp, Klebsiella spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Staph. Intermedius, wounds, abscesses, discharging sinuses, deep pyodermas, osteomyelitis, and Gram negative septicaemias.

Enrotril Oral Solution is useful for treating serious antibiotic resistant infections of the respiratory tract or genito-urinary system, particularly chronic urinary tract infections in cats. It also reads that the medication should be administered at 1mL per 5kg of animal body weight.

I guess propylene glycol is to assist in the dissolution of enrotril in the axolotl's system as its body compostion is predominately water and will not react with a hydrophobic medication. Somebody will definitely chime in if I'm wrong. As for the toxicity...well, I don't have a clue!

It appears to me that because the vet has not ascertained the strain of bacteria (if this is the case) causing the infection, s/he is attempting to cover all bases by perscribing enrotril. Given the vet has told you the tests are expensive (which I disagree with), s/he could at least try some "cheaper" alternatives to narrow down the search. Such tests include Gram staining to determine if the bacterium is resistant to antibiotics and also a Ziehl-Neelsen stain if the bacteria are acid-fast bacilli and resistant to Gram staining.

On a separate, but equally related issue, I don't mean to be negative but I am hesistant to say that Copper is suffering from just a bacterial infection because she doesn't seem to be exhibiting the symptoms characteristic of a bacterial infection. I would be more inclined to suggest that Copper has a metabolic disorder, and that if there is a bacterial infection, it is probably secondary to the metabolic disorder.

I do commend your efforts because it does seem like you are trying all that you possibly can.

- Jay
 
Thanks for the information. So far nothing seems to have changed, but she is far from dead, so that's good. I'm not going to give up. The vet asked me to make a return visit when the anti-biotics were finished, so unless an emergency happens, that's what I will do.
 
Copper has died. Some people may not be surprised, but I was. It's a shame because we both tried so hard. All I have left to say is; R.I.P Copper. Now 3 of my axi's are together in axi heaven.
 
I'm so sorry. RIP lil Copper :(
 
Aww, I'm so sorry. :(
It was such a struggle. Poor axie. You did your best.
 
Oh im so sorry to read that! =[ R.I.P Copper. You were very much loved!
Beck you know you done all you can, somthign are out of our hands when it comes to nature. Im so sorry for your loss yet again. :cry:
 
Thanks everyone. To be honest, I'm sad, but I stopped crying shortly after Gem died. I'm sort of used to how a dead axi looks now and throwing out the corpses. Having said that though, I won't go anywhere near where I put them and I still blame myself for all of their deaths.

Awww, now there's a little bit of sunshine, shining on where I put the 3 of my axi's. :happy:

Good news is, thanks to suzie, I've got one little spoon sized axi here to enjoy and raise.
 
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