just in case you havent seen an eggbound female...

[jacblades]

well the reason i joined this forum to begin with was to get help on my eggbound female. no one really seems to know much about this phenomenon. someone from another forum told me to massage her stomach with a q-tip covered in stresscoat. after a month, she is still eggbound. i have been feeding her medicated foods for two days (since i finally got some!). i have decided to keep her out of view of males in hopes that she will absorb her eggs. i have been feeding her less than all of the other bettas and im beginning to wonder if i should starve her. (if a pregnant woman starts to starve, her body will eventually abort the baby-im hoping this might be the same for fish). if after a week of my current treatments, if she is not better, i guess i will have to start starving her.
here are some pics. it looks awful but she just acts normal, as if nothing were bothering her. she is still as fiesty as she has alwyas been. im guessing she isnt in too much pain then. hopefully. its actually not as red as it looks in the pictures-its actually more pink. in person it just looks like her skin has been stretched way too far and you can see all of her veins.

 

[wuvmybetta]

poor girl, I just wanna squeeze her The q-tip method seems like it would be stressful

 

[shrks1fan]

Wow! That is quite a sight to see. Thanks for sharing, at least now I know what it really looks like. I never imagined it being that bad, it's amazing she hasn't burst by now. Good luck, I hope she gets through this ok.

Linda
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[jacblades]

if you can imagine, it looks bigger in person. it all started when i tried to spawn her and i actually saw the male embracing her and noticed nothing was coming out. i guess he may have somehow lodged a clump of eggs into her hole they have been stuck ever since. it looks so much worse from the front. it kind of looks like she has size H breasts or something.

 

[rollntider]

good luck with her

 

[xXMrBonesXx]

 

[Gill]

Oh Dear, I hope that she pulls thru. She is a Lovely Color.

Sorry, don't have any ideas, but Starving her may work.

 

[thellama]

r u sure its not bloat...

thats not right

 

[Ben]

maybe if u try breeding agen shell release the eggs

 

[jacblades]

maybe if u try breeding agen shell release the eggs

i thought about that but i also thought that it could possibly kill her and i didnt want to take the chance. i heard you can take an eggbound fish to a fish vet and they can squeeze the eggs out, but we dont have any around here
on her other side, there is a dark spot which looks like the only other picture of an eggbound female i have seen so yess, llama she is definately eggbound-anyways i see her poop.
she seems a little depressed now that i moved her away from the rest of the bettas and covered her tank

 

[shrks1fan]

There's actually such a thing as a "fish vet"? I've never heard of one. Can't imagine there would be much of a market for one either, I mean I love my fish and I do what I can to keep them healthy (and I do a good job at it) but spending the kind of money vets charge? Sorry, couldn't do it, Lol. I do better reading the posts here and getting suggestions, all for free

I hope you figure out a way to help her Jac, she must be so uncomfortable, but she sounds like a trooper and is handling it like a real woman, No Whining! hehe.

Linda
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[jacblades]

yeah theres such thing as a fish vet but they are quite rare. some regualr vets are licensed for fish too. i actually want to be one someday. well i actually would like to breed koi comercially and at least have been through the schooling so i know how to fix my own fish. if someone needed a surgery for a fish-i would probably only charge the cost of materials.
i hate how if a fish isnt expensive then it is often not given the option of surviving.

 

[cutechic]

Good luck with her, Jac. Poor girl

 

[Chris3025]

Good luck with her

 

[RattleSnake]

Yeah, Good luck..