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Re: Pimafix/Melafix - more anecdotal stuff - update on Boris Mister Gardener 04-19-2006
Posted by Mister Gardener on April 19, 2006, 6:00 pm
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:34:24 +0100, Gill Passman

>Altum wrote:
>> Gill Passman wrote:
>>
>>> Too late....I just lost Boris :-(
>>>
>> Awww...I'm sorry.
>>
>> I'm sure it wasn't the pima/mela. Pinecone = dropsy = kidney failure
>> from an internal infection. Mela/pima can't always fix internal
>> infections. You can't get antibiotics in the UK (sensible if you ask
>> me) so there was nothing you could have done.
>>
>
>This is the third betta I've lost in this way...Mr Bluey, Bob and now
>Boris. Boris lastest the longest but was in a different tank to the
>other two (by that I don't mean Bob and Mr Bluey were in the same tank
>at the same time). Boris and Bob came from the same retail outlet - of
>course I don't know if it was the same wholesaler....
>
>I think it will be a while before I get another betta - I get too
>attached to them just to see them die after 6 months... :-)
>
>Gill
Yeah, you should probably wait awhile. You'll need time to think up
another B name. (6 months is all you're getting with your bettas? That
sucks.)

-- Mister Gardener

Posted by Mister Gardener on April 20, 2006, 7:14 am
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:56:15 -0400, "Nikki"

>
>> On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:34:24 +0100, Gill Passman
>>
>>>Altum wrote:
>>>> Gill Passman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Too late....I just lost Boris :-(
>>>>>
>>>> Awww...I'm sorry.
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure it wasn't the pima/mela. Pinecone = dropsy = kidney failure
>>>> from an internal infection. Mela/pima can't always fix internal
>>>> infections. You can't get antibiotics in the UK (sensible if you ask
>>>> me) so there was nothing you could have done.
>>>>
>>>
>>>This is the third betta I've lost in this way...Mr Bluey, Bob and now
>>>Boris. Boris lastest the longest but was in a different tank to the
>>>other two (by that I don't mean Bob and Mr Bluey were in the same tank
>>>at the same time). Boris and Bob came from the same retail outlet - of
>>>course I don't know if it was the same wholesaler....
>>>
>>>I think it will be a while before I get another betta - I get too
>>>attached to them just to see them die after 6 months... :-)
>>>
>>>Gill
>> Yeah, you should probably wait awhile. You'll need time to think up
>> another B name. (6 months is all you're getting with your bettas? That
>> sucks.)
>>
Balthazar. Beefy for short. I once had a cat with that name. After a
favorite character in a book "The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B."

Bacchus. Who gave us bacchanalia.

-- Mister Gardener

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