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jinianAbout half an hour ago I thought to myself, "why is Hex invisible right now?"
Well, that is because HE JUMPED OUT OF HIS TANK. This is also why the cover was askew and I SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THAT NEXT TIME. Supposedly they mostly do this when they're startled. It didn't help that I had very wimpy covers on the tank, though, since I don't have one yet that fits the 20G tank. So I found my Hexy on the floor a good three feet away from his tank, looking all plasticky and wrong. He moved when I picked him up, and I put him back in his tank immediately. He was really sticky but not dry.
YIKES SO SCARY. I just read a lot of stories on Caudata, and generally they do survive this sort of thing. He doesn't have any obvious limb damage, though his tail is a bit shredded -- could be from striking on the lid on the way out, as it doesn't look much like cat bites. So glad he was not eaten! I was worried that he hurt himself internally, but there's no way to find that out.
He was very still for a while, but he is moving around now, so I think he'll be okay. He just breathed noisily at the surface, and now he's hanging out around the filter outflow, which he doesn't normally like much, so I think his gills are somewhat damaged (though the filaments look okay). His slime coat is coming off in curtains, really kind of impressive.
Poor damn fool axolotl! I have weighted your covers down much more thoroughly now! :(
Well, that is because HE JUMPED OUT OF HIS TANK. This is also why the cover was askew and I SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THAT NEXT TIME. Supposedly they mostly do this when they're startled. It didn't help that I had very wimpy covers on the tank, though, since I don't have one yet that fits the 20G tank. So I found my Hexy on the floor a good three feet away from his tank, looking all plasticky and wrong. He moved when I picked him up, and I put him back in his tank immediately. He was really sticky but not dry.
YIKES SO SCARY. I just read a lot of stories on Caudata, and generally they do survive this sort of thing. He doesn't have any obvious limb damage, though his tail is a bit shredded -- could be from striking on the lid on the way out, as it doesn't look much like cat bites. So glad he was not eaten! I was worried that he hurt himself internally, but there's no way to find that out.
He was very still for a while, but he is moving around now, so I think he'll be okay. He just breathed noisily at the surface, and now he's hanging out around the filter outflow, which he doesn't normally like much, so I think his gills are somewhat damaged (though the filaments look okay). His slime coat is coming off in curtains, really kind of impressive.
Poor damn fool axolotl! I have weighted your covers down much more thoroughly now! :(
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Date: 2013-05-30 05:21 am (UTC)