Hello everyone! Sorry I have yet to properally introduce myself to the forum yet but I am in fact having some trouble with my senegal bichir, so I wanted to make this post first. I read through a few previous threads to see if this has already come up and I apologize if I'm repeating an issue that has been dealt with prior in this forum. If it has, I'd really appreciate if someone could direct me to the thread. ANYWAYS, in short, my senegal seems to have lost the use of his lower half / tail.
Rou hasn't been acting normal for the last two weeks or so. He still eats and I'm sure he is still pooping so that's good, normal in color and isn't floating. But currently he seems to have no use of his tail/lower body. When he swims he looks as if he is struggling. I know bichirs are rather derpy swimmers to begin with but he isn't using his tail at all and it looks incredibly limp.
I've been trying to google anything and everything to figure out what's wrong and how to treat it but it's super difficult to find really anything. I can try to snag a picture of it later when he isn't in his hide but I'm just nervous.
At first I thought it might have been bloat or gas, but this has been lasting too long for it to be either. He can still swim but definitely struggles. As of the last two days his rear has started to float a bit more, which again, make me think it's gas. But can a gas issue last this long?
Could it be that he is just getting old? I bought him from a man roughly 3 years ago but he was already an adult when I got him and I never got to ask the man how long he had him prior... so I have no clue how old Rou is. :/
If anyone knows anything or can recommend me some websites, books, anything, etc I would be forever greatful! Thank you in advanced!!
Rou hasn't been acting normal for the last two weeks or so. He still eats and I'm sure he is still pooping so that's good, normal in color and isn't floating. But currently he seems to have no use of his tail/lower body. When he swims he looks as if he is struggling. I know bichirs are rather derpy swimmers to begin with but he isn't using his tail at all and it looks incredibly limp.
I've been trying to google anything and everything to figure out what's wrong and how to treat it but it's super difficult to find really anything. I can try to snag a picture of it later when he isn't in his hide but I'm just nervous.
At first I thought it might have been bloat or gas, but this has been lasting too long for it to be either. He can still swim but definitely struggles. As of the last two days his rear has started to float a bit more, which again, make me think it's gas. But can a gas issue last this long?
Could it be that he is just getting old? I bought him from a man roughly 3 years ago but he was already an adult when I got him and I never got to ask the man how long he had him prior... so I have no clue how old Rou is. :/
If anyone knows anything or can recommend me some websites, books, anything, etc I would be forever greatful! Thank you in advanced!!
