u/_mastersplinter1

i found this eastern newt who had fallen into a cement pit that connects to a drainage pipe. it became very skinny down there and has a severely infected wound over the head and eye. i took it home because i live in an area with no amphibian vets or rescue organizations. the fuzz has fallen off the wound and the first pic is what it looks like now, and i cant tell if what im seeing is the skull? the other pics are what it looked like when i found it. i finally got it to eat blood worms today, but i generally dont know what to do. i would euthanize, but i dont know what the most humane method is since there are no vets anywhere in my state to take it to. i felt responsible to take it since the injury is due to a man made structure.

i found this eastern newt who had fallen into a cement pit that connects to a drainage pipe. it became very skinny down there and has a severely infected wound over the head and eye. i took it home because i live in an area with no amphibian vets or rescue organizations. the fuzz has fallen off the wound and the first pic is what it looks like now, and i cant tell if what im seeing is the skull? the other pics are what it looked like when i found it. i finally got it to eat blood worms today, but i generally dont know what to do. i would euthanize, but i dont know what the most humane method is since there are no vets anywhere in my state to take it to. i felt responsible to take it since the injury is due to a man made structure.

this is my juvenile dojo loach. his behavior is completely normal and the water perimeters in this tank are always pretty steady, and he has another tank mate in there who he seems to get along with well. the second slide shows the ammonia and nitrite levels of the tank. does anyone know what this is? its just discolored, no open lesion