Okay lets look at this problem here,

What information is available that this is a bacterial infection as opposed to a lesion caused by a fungal infection? Melaeuca oil is not a fungicide.

Additionally the problem with melaleuca oils are that they are liver toxic and stress the kidneys and readily pass through the skin. With items like this it is easy to cause long term damage to the animal which will not be evident until death and a necropsy is performed.

I have seen pet stores attempt to use melaleuca treatments and crash entire filter systems resulting in massive fish kills. Did you test the ammonia and nitrite levels of the tank after the treatment? Did you monitor them on a regular basis for the next several days?

People used to use arsenic, radium and turpentine as ingested treatments for various ailments also, and were unaware of the damage it was doing to the body until much later. The fact that it is a homeopathic remedy does not make it safe. Which is why although tansy was long used for treat skin ailments in people they stopped using it as the side effects (death) were eventually considered unacceptable. So your newts survived this round of treatment. Will they continue to survive further treatments (like people ingesting arsenic) or will they develope liver damage and suffer and die? Only time will tell.



Ed

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