young goldfish defect

vYv · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

Defect may not be the correct word (depends on your outlook maybe).

I have a young goldfish (< 1 year) which, as best as I can tell, has its
intestine sticking out of its butt about a cm. Not sure when this
happened, but it has been noticable for about a month or so. Apart from
being a little unsightly this fish seems to be perfectly healthy and is
growing very quickly.

Has anyone else seen this before?

vYv

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

if it truly is intestine,
http://www.weloveteaching.com/puregold/disease/symptom/anal_port.html
but it could be poop hanging out, maybe a worm hanging out, maybe a tumor of some
kind. pictures are needed. Ingrid

vYv wrote:

>
>Defect may not be the correct word (depends on your outlook maybe).
>
>I have a young goldfish (< 1 year) which, as best as I can tell, has its
>intestine sticking out of its butt about a cm. Not sure when this
>happened, but it has been noticable for about a month or so. Apart from
>being a little unsightly this fish seems to be perfectly healthy and is
>growing very quickly.
>
>Has anyone else seen this before?
>
>vYv

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vYv · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:57:53 +0000, dr-solo wrote:

> if it truly is intestine,
> http://www.weloveteaching.com/puregold/disease/symptom/anal_port.html
> but it could be poop hanging out, maybe a worm hanging out, maybe a tumor of some
> kind. pictures are needed. Ingrid
>

Definitely not feces or a worm. Doesn't look anything like that picture
either. I don't have a digital camera but, what I see is a normal looking
juvenile fish (about 4 cm tip to tip) with a white tube-like protrusion
about a cm long an a mm wide coming from its anus. Its feces even look
normal... except for the fact that they come out of the end of this tube.
I'm thinking that it's something like a kind of fishy hernia but don't
know for sure.

vYv

swarvegorilla · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 235

"vYv" wrote in message @sympatico.ca...
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:57:53 +0000, dr-solo wrote:
>
>> if it truly is intestine,
>> http://www.weloveteaching.com/puregold/disease/symptom/anal_port.html
>> but it could be poop hanging out, maybe a worm hanging out, maybe a tumor
>> of some
>> kind. pictures are needed. Ingrid
>>
>
> Definitely not feces or a worm. Doesn't look anything like that picture
> either. I don't have a digital camera but, what I see is a normal looking
> juvenile fish (about 4 cm tip to tip) with a white tube-like protrusion
> about a cm long an a mm wide coming from its anus. Its feces even look
> normal... except for the fact that they come out of the end of this tube.
> I'm thinking that it's something like a kind of fishy hernia but don't
> know for sure.
>
> vYv
>

well if it's not the rude bits droppin before spawning, it may well be a
prolapsed rectum.
Common causes include an internal tumor, ball of worms or serious blockage
(pooing normal so not likely)
As long as allz good I wouldn't worry.
Maybe worm it
but if it goes down hill
put it down hey