Heat stress

[Boomsloth]

It may have caused rapid maturation if he was just reaching maturity due to increased immune system and growth rate causing it to bulge even more than previously. Also his cloaca did look fine and the slime wasn't on his head like most heat stressed axies so does that mean it wasn't as bad as percieved either? also with treatment and temp lowering doesn't the slime on a heat stressed axis easily clear up and they start eating again?

I don't really understand the reasoning to the axolotl having to be put down either.