So, its been a long time since I last talked about my Siren. I really should've posted earlier but anyway...
The siren is doing just fine now (and has been for the last few years...). So here is a flashback to the past:
I did the Flamazine treatment on the arms and the salt bath. I ended up also doing the injectable that the vet later prescribed. That was super tough. Sirens are extremely smooth when handled and slip through the hands very easily (I think that this was worsened by the vinyl gloves that I wore to prevent transferring anything from me to it). Sometimes it was like a comedic routine, me repeatedly grasping on to the siren, the siren constantly moving through my hands, lol. The skin of the siren is surprisingly tough, when I put the syringe into the skin it was much like trying to poke a tiny needle into a tire. The vet taught me where and how to inject, in the muscles on either side of the spine. This was so hard to do. Once, the siren reared back when I got the needle in causing too much of the needle into the skin. I pulled it back right away for fear of injuring the siren. That almost made me want to puke. So, I talked to the vet regarding the difficulty of the injections and they said to try injecting the food... Way easier, but obviously less effective in getting medication into the sirens system.
The vet had told me that the arms/ hands would most likely never regenerate, unlike axolotls. That its arms would only be stumps.
However, the siren healed completely from the fungus infection and has actually grown back a shorter version of both arms and hands! The length of the whole appendage is shorter, but all digits are there, including the tiny black 'nails/claws' !!! So exciting!
Of course I wasn't taking any pictures of this whole thing, as my mind was kind of occupied in saving the siren. So unfortunately there isn't any photos showing the stages of regrowth.
I will post pictures when I finally get some that are good enough to see. It's rather dark in there and the siren doesn't sit still for long. excuses excuses.....
-Mel
