Kinn
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Hi, I'm really stressed out about this situation.
I've done tons of research and everything I've read suggests my axie is probably fine, but I'd love to hear some opinions from people, to (hopefully) ease my mind.
Here is an image of Ambrose without the bump (this pic is when she as younger, so she is smaller as well):
And here is a picture taken today:
The bump is right there under the left eye. Her eye is slightly more sunken in than the other one too, I assume as a result of the bump. When she eats, the eye pulls in deeper than the other eye as well.
Here is some background:
About 3ish weeks ago, my axolotl has a couple bruises on her face (not in the same location as the bump). They have since healed up fine (about a week after noticing them), and after the bump appeared. I felt that the bump was a 'goose egg' from the same incident as the bruises, but it hasn't dissipated yet.
It will however fluctuate a little on a day to day basis. One day I will barely be able to see it, if at all, I will only notice the slightly sunken in eye, and other days it will look like the picture above. That is the worst it's ever looked however, it's not growing. When the bump is bad like this, her mouth is slightly agape, when normally she keeps her mouth closed.
She is acting normal, and doesn't seem in pain or bothered, I will touch around the area and she doesn't flinch or anything. She is eating normally, same huge appetite, and is behaving her normal self. She isn't showing any signs of stress either. It's her normal skin colour as well, no pinkness or veins or anything.
She's in a 20 gallon long with no decorations with sharp edges or anything, so I'm not sure how she got the bruises in the first place. She's got a sponge filter, gets a 20-25% water change weekly, and eats earth worms and the occasional carnivore pellet or two.
I will provide water perimeters in the morning, it's pretty late.
I have read sometimes axolotl just develop bumps that may or may not disappear but are harmless, do you guys think this is the case? Anyone have experience with this?
I've done tons of research and everything I've read suggests my axie is probably fine, but I'd love to hear some opinions from people, to (hopefully) ease my mind.
Here is an image of Ambrose without the bump (this pic is when she as younger, so she is smaller as well):
![__by_of_the_north-d9hbz9y.jpg](http://pre02.deviantart.net/58d1/th/pre/i/2015/324/6/4/__by_of_the_north-d9hbz9y.jpg)
And here is a picture taken today:
![20160322_020115599_ios_by_of_the_north-d9w3zkr.jpg](http://pre01.deviantart.net/2738/th/pre/i/2016/081/4/6/20160322_020115599_ios_by_of_the_north-d9w3zkr.jpg)
The bump is right there under the left eye. Her eye is slightly more sunken in than the other one too, I assume as a result of the bump. When she eats, the eye pulls in deeper than the other eye as well.
Here is some background:
About 3ish weeks ago, my axolotl has a couple bruises on her face (not in the same location as the bump). They have since healed up fine (about a week after noticing them), and after the bump appeared. I felt that the bump was a 'goose egg' from the same incident as the bruises, but it hasn't dissipated yet.
It will however fluctuate a little on a day to day basis. One day I will barely be able to see it, if at all, I will only notice the slightly sunken in eye, and other days it will look like the picture above. That is the worst it's ever looked however, it's not growing. When the bump is bad like this, her mouth is slightly agape, when normally she keeps her mouth closed.
She is acting normal, and doesn't seem in pain or bothered, I will touch around the area and she doesn't flinch or anything. She is eating normally, same huge appetite, and is behaving her normal self. She isn't showing any signs of stress either. It's her normal skin colour as well, no pinkness or veins or anything.
She's in a 20 gallon long with no decorations with sharp edges or anything, so I'm not sure how she got the bruises in the first place. She's got a sponge filter, gets a 20-25% water change weekly, and eats earth worms and the occasional carnivore pellet or two.
I will provide water perimeters in the morning, it's pretty late.
I have read sometimes axolotl just develop bumps that may or may not disappear but are harmless, do you guys think this is the case? Anyone have experience with this?