HELP!!!

[White Whale]

One of me bettas - Telly - fell 4 feet to a placemat during a water change. He seems tough because he's swimming and eating now. The thing that bothers me is now he's swimming tilted to the right. Will it eventually right itself or maybe there is an injury with his swim bladder? Is there any way to right this?

 

[wuvmybetta]

sheeeesh itty bitty,another one!!! ,has he straightened himself out yet?




I have a female that fell a few times,only because she'd jump out when I was feeding her (she gets a little excited ) but she bounced back quickly (no pun intended),she was fine as soon as I put her back in her water

 

[goldfishattack]

my brother had a betta that fell 3' to the floor, in about a week it started to swim correctly, but there was no damage ounce back in the bowl.

 

[FishHeads]

One of me bettas - Telly - fell 4 feet to a placemat during a water change. He seems tough because he's swimming and eating now. The thing that bothers me is now he's swimming tilted to the right. Will it eventually right itself or maybe there is an injury with his swim bladder? Is there any way to right this?

Poor wittle fishy!

About the tilting, he/she may have damaged the swim bladder temporarily. Check all fins. Maybe your fish has injued a fin and is having problems swimming. Hitting the floor may have misaligned the fishes spine slightly, causing an equilibrium inbalance (I have witnessed this happen with an overly excited Comet of mine). Just keep an eye on 'im.

 

[lizard]

Not sure about the swimming weird thing... However, I did have a Betta take a sky-dive the other day. Jumped from his tank on to the desk then from the tesk on to the floor. Wasn't a four foot fall, but was still a fall. He's doing just fine...happy as ever. Seems ot me that Bettas, at least, are fairly sturdy little critters Hope your little "sky-diving" fish is okay!

Pamela
aka Lizard