Illness/Sickness: Injured salamander

[camie8]

I found the poor little girl laying on our porch. Im not sure what i should do with her... I have 6 other salamanders and i do not want to put her in with them. She is in a small 5 gallon fish tank right now and she has been laying eggs since I put her in it earlier this afternoon. Does she have any chance of living? What should i do with her? I feel so bad for her.

 

[herpvet]

I found the poor little girl laying on our porch. Im not sure what i should do with her... I have 6 other salamanders and i do not want to put her in with them. She is in a small 5 gallon fish tank right now and she has been laying eggs since I put her in it earlier this afternoon. Does she have any chance of living? What should i do with her? I feel so bad for her.

Hello,

You need to get her to a vet for appropriate assessment and treatment as soon as possible. From the look of it, with the intestines hanging out like that, appropriate surgical treatment (along with covering antibiotics etc) will probably be her only chance, although a vet that actually examines her will be in a better position to assess that.

Hope you can get her sorted out.


Bruce.