Sick or Injured Betta

[Colu]

If she  suffering from constipation you would do epsom salts bath as epsom salt acts as a muscle relaxants  to help with constipation

Edited August 28, 2021 by Colu

[Streetwise]

I changed some water, treated again, and added salt. She is angry with me, which is a good sign.

[Streetwise]

@Nooby, I put my hand in, and she swam into it. I was able to raise her up and I think the wound is healing. She also does not appear to be bloated.

Cheers

[Betsy]

If only bettas were as easy to fix as a pesky SmartBoard! 😜

(I feel like I heard somewhere that you were in edu-tech...I'm the tech assistant at my school...pretty much only good at fixing printers, SmartBoards, and resetting Chromebooks!  Forgive me if I'm cray! 😂)

I am rooting for y'all!!!

[Streetwise]

@Betsy, I would rather treat my Betta!

I can almost treat a Promethean Board with a Chromebox as a Chromebook, but the educator might have to change the input every day.

I hear you!

[Betsy]

HDM I can't even!! 😂  I've never used a Promethean Board...but it sounds like a good time!

We had an issue where the teacher's chairs were producing so much static they were messing with the SmartBoard inputs...it took us foreverrrr to figure it out!  Those dang sticky electrons!  A sick betta might definitely be easier in that instance, for sure!! 

At least the educators got new chairs! 😜👍

[Streetwise]

Sometimes the best thing in educational technology is when you get to send things to eWaste, and hope they get properly recycled.

[Streetwise]

She is still going! I rotated her to a fresh bucket. She looks way less bloated, and is swimming more normally. I gave her a little dash of Easy Fry Food. I may do one more round of treatment.

[FrozenFins]

Glad to hear @Streetwise!
Treating sick fish, especially bettas that are super personable is a very stressfull experiance, I'm glad this working out for you!

[Streetwise]

I just put another dose in, with the fresh bucket. For those who have read my Indoor journal, do you think that I should put her in my 16 bow, my Askoll 20, or give her one of my 3.5s?

[Colu]

Till she made  a full recovery I would pull her in a 3.5 gallon it will be easy to medicate if she need further treatment

[Streetwise]

Maybe I should just keep going with buckets since my 3.5s are so dense. What time would you estimate for recovery?

[Colu]

If it's a bacterial infection it might take two full courses of treatment  so might take a couple of weeks for her to make a full recovery

[Streetwise]

She is still alive. I treated again, and fed a tiny bit. I am not optimistic, and I still see problems.

[Colu]

On 9/3/2021 at 3:58 AM, Streetwise said:

She is still alive. I treated again, and fed a tiny bit. I am not optimistic, and I still see problems.

Has the wound on her belly started to heal and and is she eating the food your offering 

[Streetwise]

The wound remains, and I can only confirm that she changes position. I have not witnessed feeding, but I have seen new snails, so I have a sad idea.

[Colu]

If she still weak and not eating it's not looking good when their appetite goes it usually because their puting all there effort into fighting the infection have you tryed adding some garlic guard to her food to try and simulate her appetite

Edited September 3, 2021 by Colu

[Streetwise]

Thanks @Colu. I will give her more help with treatment. No other fish has shown this much perseverance!

[Streetwise]

[Gator]

Streetwise;

This is somewhat off topic, but I hope you weren't adversely affected by TS Ida when it came through.

I wanted to mention the other day, but I didn't think TS Ida would make it's way in your direction, but there are 4 quadrants to a Hurricane or a TS and they each have their own characteristics.

South and East of the eye is where you'll see the most wind and tornadoes, the East and North is where you'll receive the most rain, the West is where you'll find the cooler temps.

There is no dispute, Hurricanes are dangerous, but they do serve useful purposes. The winds bring down dead limbs and uproot diseased trees, Hurricanes bring rain to areas that may need it, and they equalize temps between Northern and Southern Latitudes. Unfortunately, we're in their path and they're getting worse.

When TS Ida came through here, the eye of the storm was to our West and I expected the worst here, but here we got a slow rain while those folks to the East and West of here got torrential rain and high wind, 

Hurricanes are unpredictable so it's best to be prepared, watch the Weather Channel or your local news station to see if it's headed your way and if so, which way the eye is going.

Sincerely

Gator

[Torrey]

@Streetwise do you have any daphnia?

 

Is she still fighting?

 

And what temp do you have the bucket at?

 

Remember my Krishna? The comeback kid?

He fought his way back several times. After watching Gianne's betta presentation multiple times, I suspect that I figured out the ongoing stress that never allowed Krishna to fully heal: breathing cooler, dry air in the Q/T tank.

 

Try putting saran wrap over the top of the bucket so you can see in. Slowly elevate temp to 82°, to make breathing easier and increase metabolism. If you have live daphnia, offer some. 

 

You should see improvement within 48 hours.

Keeping my fingers crossed 

[Streetwise]

I haven’t added a heater yet, but I might now. She is healing slowly. She perked up when she saw me, so I dropped some Easy Fry Food, which she actually ate!

My neighbor gave me some sunflowers, which I tossed today, but I ended up with stinky green water:

[Colu]

If she's starting to eat that good sign that the meds are starting to have an effect on the infection

[Streetwise]

I had two other sponge filters ready from my bucket setup, and turned them all on. I also started another round of treatment. She is coming up to feed and looks much happier. I hope it helped that I kept her with Anubias and wood. She often sleeps on the leaves.

I appreciate the help from the forum.

[Torrey]

Is she a crown tail?

If she is a CT, they are notorious for going eggy, looking bloated, and having to fast for a couple of days. My experience was my CT would hide her food when she got eggy (saving it to bribe a non-existent male🤷‍♂️) which would cause an ammonia spike and bacterial bloom if I didn't catch her hiding the food.

She ultimately lived to be 5 yo