Close Call and Trouble With Hystrix (Recommendations Accepted)
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Uhhhhhhhhhhh...How about Noooooo spotfin! LOL. I'm a social scientist and not a medical one! If I could have stomached these types of procedures, I would have been a Vet!
By the way...she is still kicking but won't even look at food. She is still doing that coughing thing and pooping stringy white stuff. I have not dosed the tank with salt...Should I?
Right now, the only meds in there is Prazi pro and the temp is on 80. Any other suggestions as to what I should do additionally?
How does she look, Thin? The stringy white fecies could be a concern, is it lacey looking or stringy. Ive been told that if Lacey that it is a sign they are living on stored body fat. Dont know if that is factual for sure. But the coughing and stringy fecies combined would concern me. Might be like Al suggested and be gill flukes and took getting stressed enough to really affect her,might be time to consider a fluke med. Although if you are running prazi already that should work and might take a while with several treatments.
She isnt bloated is she where she could be constipated, you could use epsom salt then.
She isnt bloated is she where she could be constipated, you could use epsom salt then.
She is very thin...not bloated. It's stringy, not lacey. Thanks for the advice buddy.
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Uhhhhhhhhhhh...How about Noooooo spotfin! LOL. I'm a social scientist and not a medical one! If I could have stomached these types of procedures, I would have been a Vet!
By the way...she is still kicking but won't even look at food. She is still doing that coughing thing and pooping stringy white stuff. I have not dosed the tank with salt...Should I?
Right now, the only meds in there is Prazi pro and the temp is on 80. Any other suggestions as to what I should do additionally?
I do have a source for autopsies if you were to end up wanting one done. Lets all hope it doesn't come to that, but if it does they don't charge since they are a university, BUT they definitely don't see rays very often, typically cat fish. But that doesn't mean they can't make a good guess at C.O.D.
This is how I got my gill fluke diagnosis when I lost "Blondie".
IF it is indeed Gill Flukes then all you should have to do is keep on the Prazi. With the coughing you speak of and the mouth not looking red or irritated (like something in there) this is what I would guess is going on. Rays can live with Flukes symptom free for long periods of time, it isn't till they become stressed when they can really grab hold causing the ray to deteriorate fast.
Others may frown on it but I would use salt. Don't see how this could hurt anything.
I'm in the same boat with DIY autopsies, very hard for me to stomach, and when I find nothing I feel bad for hacking up my pet. Wish I could stomach it better cause being a people doctor would pay much better then a car doctor.... lol
I would double dose the prazi if u didnt already. When my big girl had gill flukes she was only breathing from one lung while the other looked collapsed/deflated so it was easy to determine flukes. Third day of dd prazi and she was back to 100%. Must dose twice though to catch the flukes as they exit their cysts. Hopefully it was flukes and not heart issues. The fact that she is still kicking is a good sign
Thanks bro. I'm going home early to check on her.
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