Marks On Syno Cats

[nukeonekitty]

I noticed one of my little lace cats has like a white mark on his side and I noticed tonight that a different one had a mark on the face and side... They are white marks that kind of look like cuts. Could this be a disease or do you think it is cuts from fish attacks or from rubbing on rocks? What do I do?

 

[three-fingers]

My syno used to get these quite alot and i was very worried until i discovered that they were heater burns .

They heal pretty fast unless they get infected, in which case just use some melafix to help hem heal.

Your definitely going to want to buy a heater guard or at least move the heater so the synos can get to it, they have a tendency to hover on it for ages until they get burnt .

 

[cane76]

heater burn is the first thing i thought of too

 

[nukeonekitty]

Okay cool, thanks guys!

 

[fishfishfish]

mine has several.they get them from my rocks and other decor.they usually occur when they make a explosive run from on side to the other.they heal fast and should be fine.they dont really seem to bother him

 

[Miss Dib Dabs]

Some synos will bicker with their own kind too. Worth watching if you have a group in there. Sometimes a big fight can break out someone will get hurt. I had to remove one of mine last year to another tank after a fight broke out between two males. He came out rather scraped and bleeding.
He is perfectly fine I might add. Lives with my Decorus and Petricolas now. Good clean water is the best treatment for synos.
P.

 

[BigIan]

Our syno gets them on his head when he has a fight with the bog wood cos one of his food pelets had gone underneath it, its nothing to worry about just keep a close eye on him for any signs of fungus

 

[nukeonekitty]

Okay thanks a lot guys!