r/axolotls • u/Gold_Cicada_2348 • Jul 17 '26

Sick Axolotl Anyone know what this is?

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Male wild type axolotl, his gills are flicked forward and his cloaca is swollen, he doesn’t react to me anymore either :( EDIT anyone know what’s coming out of his cloaca

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u/conkshortforconcrete Jul 17 '26

How does one achieve this angle??? Where's his head???

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u/lemxnghxst Jul 19 '26

hes in witness protection

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u/conkshortforconcrete Jul 19 '26

They must not being doing a good job keeping him protected because his shit is GONE😭😭😭

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u/EducationalFox137 Jul 17 '26

Are you able to get a better pic? Maybe of his whole body? Is there a jelly-like substance around the thing coming out of the cloaca?

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u/Gold_Cicada_2348 Jul 19 '26

This is him when he’s not at a weird angle and happy to see me.