Spots on axolotl

[Squishyfishy]

My friend a little while back gave me an Axolotl that she no longer wanted, ever since I got him he’s had these splotchy spots all over him, I didn’t think much of it seeing he swims well, eats fantastic and seems in decent health, he’s also around 6 years of age give or take. I’ve been googling and it looks like it could be fungus or something of the like but I’m not sure, so I was wondering if anyone could help me with that. (My friend also stated he’s had these splotches for years, I can’t say if they’ve gotten worse over the years or not though) he also seems quite small, I’m not too sure how well she took care of him thank you for any help, I want to help this little guy out as much as I can.

 

[tundrabadger]

Are the spots raised or cottony at all? I can't see either in the picture, but you have him there with you and I don't. If not, and i hope somebody will correct me if I'm wrong, but i think that might be his normal colouring.



With regard to him being small, he does look like he could stand to gain a little weight, but that could just be the angle of the picture. is his belly as wide as his head when you look at him from the top down? You want that, little bigger is okay I think, but much less and you want to try offering him more food on the regular, maybe offer some food, and then offer more later, I know with mine unless they are particularly hungry they like a pause between courses if they are going to have more than one worm.

 

[Squishyfishy]

No! They don’t appear to be raised at all. Also he sadly isn’t wide at all! He looks a little funny because of how big his head is compared to his body, I’ll just have to start feeding him a bit more to get him all chubby.

 

[tundrabadger]

If it's a noticeable difference like that, he needs feeding up. He's a lucky a boy, you clearly want to take good care of him



What are you feeding him?

 

[Squishyfishy]

Currently a mixture of a few different things. These pellets, small worms occasionally and I’ve just recently started buying these frozen food for him too! I can’t remener exactly what it’s called and I just curled up into bed haha. Any other suggestions for what would be good for him?

 

[tundrabadger]

Currently a mixture of a few different things. These pellets, small worms occasionally and I’ve just recently started buying these frozen food for him too! I can’t remener exactly what it’s called and I just curled up into bed haha. Any other suggestions for what would be good for him?

If you can lay hands on some nightcrawlers they seem to really thrive on them....you might need to cut them up depending on the size you get, night crawlers can be crazy big. I know the odd really well supplied pet store stocks them for feeding, but places that stock live bait for fishing are a really good bet here, they may be where you are as well, it's worth checking.