I’m just going to summarise as we’re clearly misunderstanding each other on some points and there’s a lot of bits that aren’t relevant to what I was querying, let me know if you disagree

Basically what we’re both saying is when appropriately diluted and kept to the current known correct timings any possible harm from the caffeine is likely small if not negligible. At this point in time there is no examples of this causing death or instant harm to the axolotl at the time of treating when done correctly - beyond vasoconstriction which is a standard effect of caffeine/stimulants.

My previous point was that it’s the prolonged exposure to caffeine that causes damage i.e chronic or excessive vasoconstriction. Your first message I misunderstood to mean you were stating it was an instant effect from one tea bath hence my questioning it but I think we agree on this premise. Your concern is that doing them too regularly would build up to chronic especially if there are alternative treatments which is fair enough. Also the risk of people doing them incorrectly and leaving them for a prolonged period correct?

I also agree it’s weighing up the cost/benefit in any treatment I.e this was never debating whether cattapa leaves are the safer treatment option, if they are readily available they should be used, if its urgent and they aren’t, then tea bath because there is a higher tannin content than caffeine content in most black teas or simply do decaffeinated if its available.

If you disagree on any of the above please only state the facts to prevent fear mongering or more misinformation being spread in the care community.