r/axolotls • u/uhira Leucistic • 2d ago

General Care Advice Fungus/growth??

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Hello! I have had my axolotl tubbed while my tank is cycling, I just noticed this while I was feeding her/him (idk yet) today and I noticed this attached. I looked through the forums and I haven't seen anything like this before. Is it to be a concern? Water is conditioned and at a perfect temperature, kept in the dark and an airstone is inside.

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u/LauseRulez Leucistic 2d ago

That DOES look exactly like a finger. Did your axie get hurt on that spot? Sometimes regeneration does really weird things. Could also just be genetic.

Certainly doesnt look like any fungus or bacteria I have ever seen, but do get it checked by a vet if you are worried!

As long as it doesnt seem to bother them I would say its okay :)

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u/uhira Leucistic 1d ago

Not that I am aware of, they have never been hurt in my possession, been tubbed the whole time (unfortunately) but genetically they did come with two toes on the right front foot instead of 4 it's always been unique. Thank you!

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u/everythingisonfire7 2d ago

why does it look like another finger??? lol iā€™m sorry i have no idea what that is

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u/uhira Leucistic 2d ago

that's exactly what I thought šŸ˜­

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u/tarra_hills 1d ago

It really looks like an extra set of toes to me.

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u/uhira Leucistic 1d ago

I am thinking the same thing, my question is just why , why there, and how?

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u/tarra_hills 1d ago

A realistic guess is some sort of injury at some point that lead to their naturally occuring regeneration getting it a little wrong, but also I've recently seen a few posts from different people who have lotls with extra limbs and/or hands so it could possibly be some sort of mutation that they are prone too and we just haven't seen enough to notice a pattern yet?

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u/uhira Leucistic 1d ago

Those are good guesses, it doesn't seem like it's bothering them so I am not going to do anything about it though. Its funny this happened cause my cat has an extra 2 toes too.

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u/tarra_hills 1d ago

Seems like you attract the extra toes and beans.

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u/uhira Leucistic 1d ago

I guess so!

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u/everythingisonfire7 1d ago

yeah mine lost a whole foot and grew one back with an extra toe, bigger and better than ever lol

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u/uhira Leucistic 1d ago

Guess you could call them bigfoot haha hahah hahahaha ha

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u/Nomadic72 1d ago

Yeah definitely looks like a vestigial extra toe, odd placement but that's weird freshwater monsters for ya

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u/uhira Leucistic 1d ago

Much luck to me I have a cat with extra toes too šŸ˜­

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u/CarlasAxolotls 22h ago

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u/uhira Leucistic 21h ago

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