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Posted by Elaine T on March 14, 2005, 4:07 am
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Can someone share a reference to a book or an article in a well-known
fishkeeping publication where swollen bettas were dissected post mortem
and intestinal blockage rather than kidney failure, egg binding, or
cancer was found? I have a sneaking suspicion that betta "constipation"
is an urban myth.
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Posted by Richard Sexton on March 14, 2005, 12:38 pm
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>Can someone share a reference to a book or an article in a well-known
>fishkeeping publication where swollen bettas were dissected post mortem
>and intestinal blockage rather than kidney failure, egg binding, or
>cancer was found? I have a sneaking suspicion that betta "constipation"
>is an urban myth.
You have the Untergasser book, right?
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Posted by Elaine T on March 14, 2005, 5:14 pm
Please log in for more thread options Richard Sexton wrote:
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>>Can someone share a reference to a book or an article in a well-known
>>fishkeeping publication where swollen bettas were dissected post mortem
>>and intestinal blockage rather than kidney failure, egg binding, or
>>cancer was found? I have a sneaking suspicion that betta "constipation"
>>is an urban myth.
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> You have the Untergasser book, right?
>
Yeah. Is gastroenteritis what people are talking about with
"constipation"? I thought it was just some weird anthropomorphism.
Nobody seems to suggest his cure though. Temp increase, and feeding
spinach with a calcium and vitamin D3 supplement. I wonder why he chose
calcium...
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Posted by Richard Sexton on March 14, 2005, 8:04 pm
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>> You have the Untergasser book, right?
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>Yeah. Is gastroenteritis what people are talking about with
>"constipation"? I thought it was just some weird anthropomorphism.
>Nobody seems to suggest his cure though. Temp increase, and feeding
>spinach with a calcium and vitamin D3 supplement. I wonder why he chose
>calcium...
Beats me, but he's da man. Maybe I'm missing it but his book
doesn't mention constipation anywhere and it's not ilke he doesn't
list evry malady of fish known.
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Posted by Richard Sexton on March 14, 2005, 12:39 pm
Please log in for more thread options The other way to find out is to autopsy the fish. Anybody who
passed grade 12 biology can do this.
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>fishkeeping publication where swollen bettas were dissected post mortem
>and intestinal blockage rather than kidney failure, egg binding, or
>cancer was found? I have a sneaking suspicion that betta "constipation"
>is an urban myth.