Fez Will Not Eat

[WILDER]

He's eating then and if the poop is brown nothing to worry about.

 

[thelastbetta]

What's he eating though? I've just been putting three pellets in during the morning and I check back at night and they're still there?

 

[liz2]

Has he been eating weed, or snails? Perhaps someone else is feeding him

 

[Taridan]

or if the pellets are softening in the water he could be eating part of them and then spitting the rest back out if they are too big for his mouth. I have to break some of my pellets for my two younger males to eat, as the pellet itself is too big for them.

 

[Little Sushi]

Fez and Turq, they are awesome names... "The foreign kid just ate something off the floor"

I'm with the others, if he's pooping, he's eating. My Little Sushi has a 'goiter' type thing under his neck, the lady in the pet store told me that he's storing his food coz he's sick (got a bit of fin rot at the moment which im treating him for) and not to feed him.

BTW, Fez is a lovely colour!!!

 

[happyannie]

The lady at the pet store is full of it too. Sounds like a tumor of some sort or other. Usually not fatal just a bother.

 

[Little Sushi]

The lady at the pet store is full of it too. Sounds like a tumor of some sort or other. Usually not fatal just a bother.

he died tonight.. poor little dude, couldn't propel himself up to the surface to breed and when i tried to encourage him to sit in one of the plants, he kept swimming out of it. i was using bettafix since friday.. didn't notice his fin rot soon enough.. oh well he's not suffering anymore

 

[happyannie]

Sorry about your buddy. I had a similar situation with one of mine recently. I think they're sick when we buy them from these pet stores. It's not always the case but I just wonder.... How long had you had this one?

 

[WILDER]

If you buy a fish from a store and they have finrot i would be tempted to use alot stronger med on it then bettafix, something like maracyn or tetracycline.
Sorry for your loss. R.I.P.

 

[Little Sushi]

Sorry about your buddy. I had a similar situation with one of mine recently. I think they're sick when we buy them from these pet stores. It's not always the case but I just wonder.... How long had you had this one?

I got him in March... He was a healthy little guy until Thursday morning, because I went to work and he was still 'fighting' his reflection in the glass. When I got home, I thought he was just going to sleep.. But when I looked into his bowl, I noticed a white film all over him and a tumour like lump under his head (where the frilly bit comes out). I couldn't get to the pet store for bettafix before Friday because I had uni all Friday morning and after reading about it here, I didn't want to use the other medicine I had (even though now in hinesight, I should have just tried it anyway) because it wasn't for Betta's. He fought so hard. Oh well, like I said before, he's not suffering anymore and that's all that matters.