Hey guys, what's up, so today's video is going to be about one of my animals getting sick fun, yay, terrific
And I'm gonna start my video off
With talking about my hair because it pisses everyone off when I do it and it's just so much fun so first off I got
A tan very minor tan, but just a little bit
I'm like half dead white now instead of like fully dead ghost white. I'm like a decaying person white
Ye know? I have a little bit of color in me now and it's bringing me to life, and I love it
Also, I dyed my hair back to my very natural color
This is the color I have naturally and I am living for it. I love it so much
I'm using stupid terms like living for it which is something. I've never used in my life
So you know I'm really feeling my hair when I'm using terms like that, so this story is about how my axolotl Mushu
You know how I told you guys she was egg bound if you don't remember
Here's me saying that now Mushu is not eating today because she's having some problems some lady problems
See she is a female and she currently has some eggs in her and she's having some issues with them
Basically when an axolotl goes to lay eggs if they're not fertile
They'll just reabsorb them from what I have learned online everyone online tells me not to worry and just to wait this out
But typically when a female axolotl suddenly goes off of food
And there's absolutely nothing wrong with the water or the temperature anything like that that it's most likely that their egg bound like I said
The good thing about that is they just reabsorbed the eggs, so I'm supposed to just wait it out well
I was completely wrong. She was not egg bound she actually had a fungus and it took me six weeks to realize it (cricket noises)
Well actually okay it took me five weeks, but week six is where we are now at first
I thought she was egg bound which is why she wasn't eating because she wasn't losing weight
But she had no interest in food
And so I thought she was just she was just having some lady problems
Is what I thought so I was leaving her alone, and then week five which was last week. I noticed um yeah
No, she has a fungus if you want to know how to look for a fungus on an axolotl sadly
They are extremely prone to it they either
We'll get this white fuzzy stuff in their gills or white patches all over their body now
This is called columnaris columnar um Kuhlman um umm, :3
I'm not a vet. I just own a lot of pets okay, so it's called that
It really really sucks
It's so much better to catch it right in the early stages and treat it right away because you were gonna have a lot more
success, and if you wait five weeks like I do your axolotls most likely gonna die so I'm gonna tell you guys how I actually
cured her cheering noises(clip plays*tan *tan*tan "I LIVEDDD!!!!"
It was an awful week, I was so stressed I cried every time
I looked at her because she looked absolutely awful
But I decided to combine a few treatment methods that I had read up about online and try to cure her of course
I wasn't gonna give up just cuz it was so late into it that I finally you know caught that it was a fungus I
Wasn't gonna give up. I was gonna make sure I do everything I could. Here is the process of treating her and
the wonderful ending it's a great ending first thing that I'm gonna is add oxygen to the water because
she's gonna get a little stressed increased oxygen will help her stay more calm and
Help her breathe easier during this time
This is about two gallons of water, and we're gonna add a tablespoon per gallon of water
So we're gonna add two tablespoons of salt
We're gonna just use regular aquarium salt for this now if you look at the directions on the side it is gonna say to add
One tablespoon for every five gallons, we're gonna actually add a tablespoon for each gallon of water, so this is gonna be a little stronger
You want this water to have the same temperature and the same pH as the water that you're
Axolotl is currently in that way he or she will not go into
Oh, sorry
And that way he or she will not go into shock from the temperature difference or the pH difference of the water
Next I am going to add iodine
One tablespoon of salt per gallon of water an airstone and just a few drops of this
Antiseptic like four drops in the four gallon bucket, and then in her water too since I was doing daily water changes
I would add about eight drops, and then I would change the water out every day, so it wasn't like too much
Antiseptic deep in my research I found an article that
Recommended this they said it can help can help heal two acts a little skin
But it's really important not to overdo it if the water starts turning orange
You've definitely added too much of this
And it could really you know and harming the axolotl because this is not something you normally find in water it even says caution
poison on it, so oh
So it's intense (beep)
We can go ahead and put her in there
Okay, so now to get the axolotl into the water. I personally think that
Nets are very harmful for them it can get their gills and their limbs caught into the necks and they're very fragile animals so I
Just take a clean pair hands, and I scoop her out with my hands
Which you have to be very patient because they're going to be scared of you during this now
We are going to set a timer for 10 minutes, and we're gonna leave her in there for 10 minutes
Please make sure you do not leave your axolotl in the salt dips for more than 10 minutes because after that it can really
really hurt them now Mushu looks
absolutely awful
It really actually makes me really emotional to look at her because she is in such bad shape that
It literally like I get teary eyed. She's in really really bad shape you could see
She's just so bad
It's not good. Just to show you guys really quick
She is so skinny
Those are not fat rolls that is from being it's so underweight axolotls tail should be straight
She's curving hers from stress
Before I start this next treatment, I'm gonna see
Okay, so she showed a tiny interest in food for the first time in six weeks. She didn't run from it
She actually opened her mouth, so I went and I cut them up into really small pieces
We're gonna see if we can get her to take a really small piece
If she takes even the smallest piece that is going to be the most promising sign
I have seen in literally six weeks, so I am really really excited about this
I think she ate it. I want to cry, but I'm not going to I'm so happy
I really really really thought she was gonna die
I'm so used to things going bad like once an animal get sick. I'm just like oh great. There's no hope
They're freaking dead. I mean my frogs butt fell out my sea horse aborted his babies. I mean I have a weird history
I like to blame it on the fact that I get them from places where they're in bad shape to begin with so I feel
like they're just
not 100%
Healthy so like when I took the pac-man frog from a place that was mass breeding them of course his butt was gonna fall out
That's my freaking luck my seahorses
I was told they were captive bred
but they were wild caught so I was treating them as if they were captive bred when really they needed to be treated as if
They were wild caught seahorses, which you do have to take different precautions for wild caught seahorses
So I blame that for him aborting his babies, but this time genuinely
I do not believe it was anyone's fault other than my own
I just don't think I didn't have water changes and that caused a fungus also
I had recently switched out her filter and while I was away someone filled up the water a little too high
Made the flow a little too intense, and I just think combined all of that
And she just got a little too stressed and got this fungus
I have now added a fan at the top of the tank to keep it at 65 degrees
and I have a thermometer to watch that carefully and
I have changed off the filter to a sponge filter now with the sponge filter
I'm going to have to do a lot more water changes in spot cleaning
But it is the safest method for the axolotl not to get stressed
There's not going to be all that crazy flow from a regular hang-on back filter
It's going to be very subtle and just add oxygen to the water and clean it very
subtly instead of super intense
And she is doing so much better her tail is straightened back out her white patches haven't gone away completely yet
They have gotten a lot better, but her apatite is crazy now. She still can't chew earthworms yet
I believe going six weeks without eating just weakened her jaw she has a really hard time eating the earthworms
She can get little pieces down, but she normally will just get you know one big slurp and just suck up the earthwork
But now I can give her a little tiny bit, and she'll chew on it for like ten minutes, but instead
I'm just doing blood worms and krill she's taking this a lot better
They're a lot smaller and easier to swallow so I think with time she'll be able to go back to
Earthworms so yeah
Earth porn so yeah
But that is how I have saved Mu Shu and it took four treatments really at the fourth treatment
You should see
Some kind of progress you should see their appetite slowly return it is important to understand that if your axolotl has a fungus no matter
How much you treat it if you put it back in a tank where it's gonna get stressed out the fungus is not going to
Go away. Please make sure you have very low flow in your tank. I recommend a sponge filter
I used to recommend flooville filters on their lowest setting I use that for two years and really didn't see too much of an issue
But now I'm just saying the safest route
But you do have to do weekly water changes along with spot cleans every time you feed them
But you do have to do weekly water changes along with spa cleans every time you feed them
But it's way worth it so your Axolotl doesn't end up starving herself for six weeks and ending up on her deathbed pretty much it
But it's way worth it so your Axwell doesn't end up starving herself for six weeks and ending up on her deathbed pretty much it
Was a terrible situation that I'm so glad has been resolved and actually was able. I was able to fix it
10 15 years old so I would have never forgiven myself if she would have died at two years old because I didn't keep her tank
1015 years old so I would have never forgiven myself if she would have died at two years old because I didn't keep her tank
in the right conditions
I guess I got too comfortable with how easy it was and let something slip up and that was the price
I paid and I really hope that my mistake can help teach you guys and help you avoid having a sick
Axolotl also note that there's a lot of times that people recommend fridging and axolotl now
I do not recommend fridging an axolotl when it has a fungus when you fridge an axolotl their metabolism slows down
Now if they have a fungus and their metabolism slows down
They're not going to be able to fight it or you know get through it
fridging and axolotls really when you have problems in the tank or if they're not eating for another reason other than a fungus
Bridging and axolotls really when you have problems in the tank or if they're not eating for another reason other than a fungus
Thank you guys so much for watching. I love you guys so much
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And have an amazing day tomorrow
I'm gonna be going around to some animal shelters and trying to help out the animals that were affected by hurricane Harvey
I'm gonna see what I can do rather it be you know donating or you know volunteering whatever it is
And I'm going to upload a video about it and we're going to talk about different ways that you guys can help too and help
Contribute and help everyone that was affected by this disaster including the animals. Thank you guys so much for watching
I love you guys so much and have an amazing day
See that his gills have grown a lot
They're super feathery now and in the picture in on the right is when I got him
he did not have the super feathery gills and also has a big tummy now
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