I think my Cynops has bloat.

[sean]

I am not completly sure,but it appears to be. Strangly this seemed to happen over night and is progressing quickly. I thought it may be a gravid female but to me the throat looks puffy. This is one of my new animals and it appeared to be healthy when I bought it. I am also wondering about the possibility it could be impacted.

(Message edited by jennewt on November 24, 2005)

 

[jeff]

Hopefully that's not the case, but if it is there's not much you can do other than treat it for some kind of infection (if that's even the cause). Have you read the Bloat article that Ed wrote? If not here's the link: http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/bloatEDK.shtml

 

[jennifer]

Considering the puffiness of the throat and cloaca region, I'm inclined to say bloat. The fact that it's a newly-acquired animal also makes bloat more likely. Is it my imagination, or are the legs also slightly puffy?

There have been miraculous recoveries, but it's rare. You could try a salt solution or antibiotics, but the odds of recovery aren't good. Sorry to say

 

[sean]

This newt is not doing good at all. He is just barely flinching when I touch him and cannot surface the water. I have decided to euthanize him so as to not prolong his misery. I just cant understand how a week ago he looked to be in perfect health and now he is severely bloated. I thought it took more time than this to become this bad off. Oh well,as bad as I hate to euthanize I see no other alternative.

 

[sean]

Here is a pic I just took.

 

[jennifer]

Sorry to hear it, Sean

I know this won't be very consoling, but it's not uncommon for these newts to "look OK" when they are bought, then get bloat a few weeks later. You can rightfully blame the conditions these newts endure during import and sale.

 

[TJ]

That's really too bad, Sean. And it's really painful to watch, I know.

Somebody on another thread just the other day was talking about moving a bloated newt to shallow water, and having some success with that...