Redtail Cat

[vcat888]

My 12 inch RTC ate a whole Tinfoil Fish and now his stomach look like this. It look like a balloon that will be pop in any min now. I'm concern for his health. He ate the whole fish on Monday n now is Friday n he hasn't **** it out yet or throw it up from his mouth. My question is what should I do folks. It has been 5day now. He still is moving around the tank. But I'm a bit worry. Please if anyone has experience with this? Let me know what up? Thanks

 

[tlindsey]

My 12 inch RTC ate a whole Tinfoil Fish and now his stomach look like this. It look like a balloon that will be pop in any min now. I'm concern for his health. He ate the whole fish on Monday n now is Friday n he hasn't **** it out yet or throw it up from his mouth. My question is what should I do folks. It has been 5day now. He still is moving around the tank. But I'm a bit worry. Please if anyone has experience with this? Let me know what up? Thanks

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Just leave be and hopefully things will get back to normal.

 

[vcat888]

That what I'm doing right now. Look like everyday the stomach expand bigger. But I think I just have to wait n see. Never seen his stomach this Big before. Even when he ate shrimp n other stuffs. Thanks

 

[jaws7777]

Would adding epsom salt help move things along or not advisable with scaleless fish

 

[vcat888]

Don't know but I did add salt n raise temp up to see. He still moving around but hasn't eating anything since he ate the tinfoil fish. We have to see.

 

[Fizzicks]

The upside is now it looks like a platinum short body.

 

[Dieselhybrid]

I wouldn't feed it anything and risk putting pressure on that blockage. I would wait and see if it passes. Epsom salt is what I would use like jaws said, it's a laxative. Can't promise it will work but 5 days with a bowling ball belly is getting near times for desperate measures.

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

Looks like a RTC trying to impersonate a gulper.

Definitely don't feed it anything until this all passes. Are there any other tankmates in with it?

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

This is not normal and I'd worry a lot. It looks like it's exceedingly bloated.

Do we assume tinfoil fish is a tinfoil barb? They have a nasty barbed spine in their dorsal. Hence the name. The spine could have damaged an internal organ or caught something and resist or block food movement / bowel movement / regurgitation.

I wouldn't feed it anything and risk putting pressure on that blockage. I would wait and see if it passes. Epsom salt is what I would use like jaws said, it's a laxative. Can't promise it will work but 5 days with a bowling ball belly is getting near times for desperate measures.

Totally agree.

 

[krichardson]

I'm not sure why you would offer anything else for it to eat in that condition but it is a fine looking platinum rtc and I hope it digests the fish and pulls through.