Axolotl changing colors - sick?

[Melina]

Hello!

Lately if you figured it out, my wild black axolotl has been in a accident. His leg was torn off and he’s basically been hurt. So, after a while from the vets visit I noticed he’s been turning into a leucistic? I don’t know if it’s just me, but he’s getting less darker and he’s almost white- his gills are also not black but purple-pink like a leucistic! He’s not fully „transformed“ but I’m still worried. After a bit of Google search it says it’s either the temperature, blood loss or water parameters. I believe it’s blood loss, since if it were the temperatures ( 20c ) or the parameters then all of the other axolotls would have the same thing, right? And I would’ve seen it, because I have a brown, golden and a leucistic in my tank with him.

Could it be dangerous?
Is it him transforming into some other color?
Can I do something?
Could it be because of blood loss or stress?
(Btw don’t mind the mess in the back I was just moving things around Tod er if everything was right so it’s kinda messy)


Thank you for answering!

 

[wolfen]

the injury could be the cause but not by blood loss, when an axolotl is injured rather than the cells repairing the area they reset back into stem cells rebuilding the area, if your axolotl has leucistic genes this cell reset could be enough to cause a body colour change.
as a note 20°c is still on the warm side, try to reduce to 15°c - 18°c, also different axolotls react to parameter changes differently, some are quite hardy where as others can react to the slightest fluctuation.

 

[Melina]

the injury could be the cause but not by blood loss, when an axolotl is injured rather than the cells repairing the area they reset back into stem cells rebuilding the area, if your axolotl has leucistic genes this cell reset could be enough to cause a body colour change.
as a note 20°c is still on the warm side, try to reduce to 15°c - 18°c, also different axolotls react to parameter changes differently, some are quite hardy where as others can react to the slightest fluctuation.

Alright thanks!
We’ve been trying to keep it atleast 17-19c but it just keeps getting warmer to 20c. They’ve been living in warm (19-20c) water their whole live so I didn’t think that would make a change, but I’ll try cooling their water again!