Ill fish advice please

The dog from that film yo · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 5

Hi,
before i start yes i'm planning a vet visit!
but,
anyway, I have one goldfish left -i've had a few over the years, mostly won
from a funfair as a kid -one passed away last year aged 21, i still have the
other one.
in the past few days he has developed a problem -his sides are looking
rather nasty.
he is white, but hi sides look reddish in parts -bruised almost, and some
scales are sticking out slightly -rather like your dropsy example but not so
extreme.
finally he has what i can only describe as boils -nasty looking bulges in a
few places on his sides.
all in all he looks rather nasty although he's still feeding - he's a big
guy -must be over 5 inches in length.
this has all come on in the space of about 2 days.
is this anything you are familiar with?
thanks in advance -i'd like him to live for a long time to come but don't
want to see him suffer.
and when i do take him to the vet -how? -i don't want to stress him out so
much it kills him.

gareth

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Gunther · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 137

In article ,
alan.lovedog@btinternet.com says...
> Hi,
> before i start yes i'm planning a vet visit!
> ....
> and when i do take him to the vet -how? -i don't want to stress him out so
> much it kills him.
>

Did I read that right? 22 years? Man, that's an accomplishment
on both your parts (you and the fish). Congrats.

I'm no expert, but I've had fish develop "boils" on their sides,
like pimples. I've successfully treated them topically in one case:
gently express any matter within (pus, etc) using sterile swab
rinse with weak H2O2 solution
apply a daub of polysorbin ointment

However, I've also had a fish get one huge such zit that
sprang up overnight, and when I fished him out to treat it,
it burst, and had compromised most of the internal organs.
(I'll spare you the visual details.) He's now an ex-fish.

These were obviously two different problems: the former's
growths were clearly on the surface/skin. The 2nd's was
an eruption of an internal problem that may have gone
undiagnosed for some time.

If you've got a vet who'll check it out, go for it,
and good luck. Maybe he'll make a housecall?
That'd be the least stressful option.

Gunther

The dog from that film yo · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 5

"Gunther" wrote in message@netnews.attbi.com...
> In article ,
> alan.lovedog@btinternet.com says...
> > Hi,
> > before i start yes i'm planning a vet visit!
> > ....
> > and when i do take him to the vet -how? -i don't want to stress him out
so
> > much it kills him.
> >
>
> Did I read that right? 22 years? Man, that's an accomplishment
> on both your parts (you and the fish). Congrats.

thanks -he was a funfair rescue-as i see it -fortunately these things don't
happen (at least around my way) anymore -always seemed rather cruel to give
a living animal away as a prize.
but yes they did back then -it was a 'throw the darts at playing cards' type
thing -they all lived far longer than shop bought and are giants!
it was a shame to lose the other.
through looking online it seems maybe dropsy so i'm looking into that
further.
thanks

gareth

dr-solo · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 1445

it isnt dropsy if the fish isnt swollen all the way around. this is a nasty
bacterial infection underneath. get kanamycin or kanacin, or, oxolinic acid but
only use it in the water for 3 days and then do 100% water change.
treat topically http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/disease.htm.
Ingrid

"The dog from that film you saw" wrote:

>Hi,
>before i start yes i'm planning a vet visit!
>but,
>anyway, I have one goldfish left -i've had a few over the years, mostly won
>from a funfair as a kid -one passed away last year aged 21, i still have the
>other one.
>in the past few days he has developed a problem -his sides are looking
>rather nasty.
>he is white, but hi sides look reddish in parts -bruised almost, and some
>scales are sticking out slightly -rather like your dropsy example but not so
>extreme.
>finally he has what i can only describe as boils -nasty looking bulges in a
>few places on his sides.
>all in all he looks rather nasty although he's still feeding - he's a big
>guy -must be over 5 inches in length.
>this has all come on in the space of about 2 days.
>is this anything you are familiar with?
>thanks in advance -i'd like him to live for a long time to come but don't
>want to see him suffer.
>and when i do take him to the vet -how? -i don't want to stress him out so
>much it kills him.
>
>
>gareth
>

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