Oscar half eaten but still alive.....some advice?

[Jack_man_0424]

My first mistake was putting an Oscar with two Jack Dempsey, but they did well for a couple of weeks until this Saturday I found him half eaten. He has been alive since Saturday and I put him in a 5 gallon medicated tank.

My question is will he survive in this condition and will he ever get better? Is there anything else I can do to help him recover if that is possible.

Thanks for any help!!


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[Redbellypiranha]

im afraid he wont recover he cant completly regrow his tail

 

[d1rt]

honestly, id have to bring myself to put it out of it's mysery and pain. quickly.
i couldn't stand to see him like that.

 

[JOSCAR05]

+1 put him out of his mysery sad thing probably wants to go.

 

[sweeTang21]

wow, thats not good. Sorry to hear, but i support this advice as well. Id recommend putting the poor guy down.

 

[Harleydiva]

My leporinus regrew his entire tail from a tenesemis attack. It took about a month to totally recover I expected him to die but salt and heat and he did well it was a big bloody nub but healed over exponentially every day


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[Azedenkae]

He'll never recover to be the same as he was previously, but he will eventually require much of what he lost, if you give him the proper medication. But again even then you'll see that he'll be deformed. He is alive though, and so you have the choice now to let him live or otherwise. Who knows he could make quite a recovery, or just get worse and worse and start suffering (more).

 

[Harleydiva]

You can't tell mine ever lost his tail at all and he is 14"


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[DIDYSIS]

I agree with others bring the fish up to it's dry grave.

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[petspoiler]

it's past his tail, and into the flesh too. he's suffering.