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Posted by gene on March 21, 2005, 12:01 pm
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My betta is ill. Any suggestions?
He's having floatation problems. Too much float, not enough sink. :-)
He used to spend his time flitting up and down in the water, having a
good time. Now he just spends his time near the top of the bowl (1
gallon), and often he ends up at the surface, doing the dead-fish
float, on his side.
In the event that he tries to descend for awhile, I can tell he's
really laboring to get himself down, and when he stops struggling, he
floats up like a balloon.
He's not looking too good. I've got him on "Melafix" daily 1/10 tsp;
active ingredient Melaleuca (1.0%). He's duller colored than usual.
I thought maybe he might be constipated, so I've been fasting him for
a couple days. Appetite seems normal. Should I feed him some crushed
pea?
I fear he may soon be dead. His side-floating is most disturbing, he
frequently looks like he's just expired. I just checked him, and
could see his eye darting back and forth in this floating state.
He did take a spill out of the bowl a couple weeks back, but he didn't
have this equilibrium problem immediately following that. He did have
an infection, I think or at least some blood spots on his side where
he fell. He has had a white lesion at the base of his tail for the 1
1/4 years I've had him. It's never healed up, although I've taken
good care of him since then... weekly water changes, salt in the
water, stress coat, etc.
Any chance he's going to pull through and recover, or is it just a
waiting game until his ultimate demise?
Thank you,
gene
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Posted by winddancir on March 21, 2005, 6:04 pm
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What do you normally feed him? Feeding live bloodworms only can give hi
dropsy, and that kinda sounds like what he might have.
IMO, it sounds like he's on his last fins. It is always hard at thi
point. I would just do the best to make him comfortable and pray fo
the best. Maybe try some freeze-dried foods
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winddancir
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