Indegestion?
ernie_m
13 years ago
Foolish me, with the water temps in my pond in the 50's I thought I would try feeding my hungry fish who all made it thru the cold cold winter. However, several fish had a bad reaction I believe is due to the food getting stuck in their bellies.
There one who is still sick. Droopsy (who doesn't have droopsy but has such a weird fat body shape she looks like she does) is a 3 year old goldfish. I have her inside now in my fish tank. The tank water quality is very good.
Droopsy is seemingly not in peril, seems content, stopped clamping, and can swim normally at times. However, when she does stop swimming she has so much gas in her that her rear end rises and she ends up resting "nose down" at the top of the water.
I believe the problem is gas as last night I observed a string of poop stuck coming out of her vent, and there was literally an air bubble trapped in the casing!
I got some supplies and cooked the fish some dinner from a recipe I found on the Goldfish board, basically baby pees mixed with diced sardines in gelatin, with some Acidophilus too. Acidophilus is supposed to reestablish better bacteria in her gut. And the recipe is so simple I may switch to it now.
The fish LOVE this and Droopsy does her best to get some too, though she doesn't have the best coordination right now.
Does it seem like I am on track?
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