Sick axolotl please help. All vets are closed

Anxious Axie Mom

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Hello,

anxious mom again.

My axolotl Hongo gave me such a scare and panic today. I feed him at 8a and 8p. 12 hours apart twice a day because he is currently 3.5 inches and is still a juvenile. This morning I fed him his usual amount, and he ate it. About 10-20 minutes later I noticed he has thrown up. He has never done this before. The food was mostly solid, and in clumps. After he threw up he kept looking for food. About 15 minutes later he began swimming really fast. He was swimming very uncontrollably, rolling and swimming very agitatedly. I noticed his stomach was bloated and at this point the panic in me told me to stick him in the fridge. The first thing I did amidst all the panic was check his water quality. His ph levels were at 7.2, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0. His tank is currently cycling, and he is in a bare bottomed tupperware. Right now he’s in the fridge and he passed a big poop, and he seems less bloated, definitely no fast movements or rolling. But his gills and tail are now curled. I’m trying to get in contact with vets, but due to the holiday everyone is closed. I’m not sure what to do now. Here’s a still of the video. It’s too large to post...
 

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Hello update :)

so my boy is doing much better, he pooped and eventually I took him out after about 3-4 hours and let the temp go down on its own. However he was still a little bloated, & his legs stayed up. He was also walking very sluggish like. Later in the night I noticed that his bloating went down, and his legs were touching the bottom, he was also walking fine. He seemed to have gotten his appetite back,so I gave him half his usual portion & I’ll be monitoring him. I may have panicked for something small (I’m working on that) but I thought this might help with anyone else raising a juvenile :)
 

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