Update on my newts

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Hi All

Thought I would write a update on my guys....another has passed away....after he died, I noticed two small holes (no blood or pus or anything) that looked like it was rotting away, right on his lower jaw just underneath.

The two left are both still hanging out on their driftwood, one looks better than the other, but neither is eating yet or entering the water. One of the two have a front leg missing....... see first pic below....he is the very non active and hardly moves....handfeeding is not working (I do leave food in the clam shell for them); I am most concerned for him. I received these guys last Sunday (the 18th). The other guy, while a bit more active, is still mostly sitting and not eating.

Should I lower the water level, provide more land? See pic two for a habitat shot. Should I get soem medicine or something. Is there any other way to get them to eat without too much stress on them. I have been mostly leavng them be and not handling them.
Thanks, you guys have been a great help so far.....thanks
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  • Katia Del Rio-Tsonis:
    Dear All, I would appreciate some help identifying P. waltl disease and treatment. We received newts from Europe early November and a few maybe 3/70 had what it looked like lesions under the legs- at that time we thought maybe it was the stress of travel- now we think they probably had "red leg syndrome" (see picture). However a few weeks later other newts started to develop skin lesions (picture enclosed). The sender recommended to use sulfamerazine and we have treated them 2x and we are not sure they are all recovering. Does anyone have any experience with P. waltl diseases and could give some input on this? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.
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  • Katia Del Rio-Tsonis:
    sorry I am having a hard time trying to upload the pictures- I have them saved on my hard drive... any suggestions-the prompts here are not allowing for downloads that way as far as I can tell. Thanks
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    Katia Del Rio-Tsonis: sorry I am having a hard time trying to upload the pictures- I have them saved on my hard... +1
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