Illness/Sickness: Sick Axolotl

[hdonahue]

Definatly the pleco sucking on his tail. If the white fuzzies and the pleco are gone he will be in good shape in no time.

Enjoy your first worm feeding!!

 

[Lids]

Heh Lids

Ok when was the last time he ate and can you post piccies of his current state??

Hi I've had a look at him thins morning and taken some more photos hes looking worse I think the close up picture are clear on his side, I thought he was heeling but his skin looks like it is just dropping off I don't think there is any sign of fungi on him.
He has got no interset in eatting and is not interested in the wiggly worm even when it is pushing into him

Is there any thing else u think I can do for him other than fridging and daily water changes

Thanks

Lids

 

[iChris]

all you can do is wait and watch.

I personally don't think it's fungus, it looks more like dead tissue sloughing off from around the wound.

fungus more looks like white tufts of cotton wool, like a fluffy cloud attached to your axie and it spreads fast.

 

[Lids]

all you can do is wait and watch.

I personally don't think it's fungus, it looks more like dead tissue sloughing off from around the wound.

fungus more looks like white tufts of cotton wool, like a fluffy cloud attached to your axie and it spreads fast.

I didn't think it looked like fungus either I'll just keep an eye on him fingers crossed.

 

[iChris]

May I ask, is your axie in the fridge?

 

[zoezakella]

thanks for the piccy update, poor thing Lydia all you can keep doing is fridging him with daily dechlorinated water and keep offering a worm daily, you can leave on in there for him for an hour and if its not eaten just remove it, he may eat whilst your not looking!!

Hpe he gets better soon, your doing all you can do, fingers crossed!

 

[Lids]

May I ask, is your axie in the fridge?

Yeh he has been in the fridge for three weeks now.

 

[Lids]

thanks for the piccy update, poor thing Lydia all you can keep doing is fridging him with daily dechlorinated water and keep offering a worm daily, you can leave on in there for him for an hour and if its not eaten just remove it, he may eat whilst your not looking!!

Hpe he gets better soon, your doing all you can do, fingers crossed!

Thanks Zoe will just keep on as I have bn doing and fingers crossed :frog:

 

[zoezakella]

no worries keep at it, sadly plecs can do great damage so will take time for its skin to heal, sure he will get there with all your love and tlc

 

[iChris]

3 weeks? Jeez.

Does he exhibit any of the classic signs of stress like kinked tail and forward curled gills or floating?

And how often is he eating? I'm thinking that if there is no signs of fungus or constipation, perhaps having him in the fridge and slowing his metabolism is also slowing down the rate that he is healing.

 

[Lids]

Sad news I've been out to check on him and he has died I've just buried him in the garden.

Chris

He was not showing any signs of stress, or floating or curled gills. He did not show any sign of damage to his side until two weeks ago when I brought him out of the fridge for a day and put him in a small tank. The original reason that I put him in the fridge was due to a limp leg and damage to his tail. Originally he was eatting wiggly worms in the the fridge and then he stopped eatting them as he brought them back up. He then was eatting a little blood worm and then he stopped eatting. He appeared to be getting better but suddenly showed signs of deterioration when I checked on him last night. He had signs of redness in his tail which were not there this morning. I thought keeping them in the fridge helped them heal.

 

[iChris]

I'm so sorry! the fridge would had been the best spot for him.

 

[zoezakella]

Lydia - I am so so sorry May your axie RIP x

 

[Aimzs Lotties]

At least he's at peace now. You did your best.

 

[hdonahue]

*hugs* sorry for your loss.

 

[Lids]

Thanks for all of your messages and support while he was ill. I'm really upset about it but I know I did the best for him that I could do.

Lids

 

[The Banana]

I'm so sorry to hear this!
It's tough losing a pet, and I know he was dearly loved. You did the absolute best you could, we all know that.

Really sorry.

 

[Lids]

Thanks x

 

[majikninja]

i have had a simalar problem with my axy too! i have a leusistic male and a melanoid female in a 75g tank with a 7 inch pleco and i noticed one day he was trying to attach himself to the male. i figured he wasnt hungrey for the algea tabs anymore so i moved him to a diffrent tank and now the spot hasnt gone away or gotten any better. i put him in the fridge to help him heal and someone told me to put some chilled green tea in the water to help with the skin healing. any sugesstions so my little guy doesnt die from this?

 

[majikninja]

heres a pic of him so far