Ugh! Today Sucks..

[BrookeLea]

Well, this morning I woke up to find that for some reason, my orange VT decided to chew his beautiful tail. I've got no clue why. No changes were made to his environment. Maybe he was just bored.

THEN just now I walked by and saw Moo, my yellow CT female, FLOATING ON HER SIDE! I panicked and thought that she was dead, but I shook her tank and she tried to dart down to the bottom, but just floated back up again. She was perfectly fine this morning, and now this? Could she be constipated? Her belly does look pretty bloated. Swimbladder problems can't develop that rapidly, can they? It's like she can't stay down. She fights it, but she floats back up again. She looks otherwise healthy, colorful and all. I just changed her water, added a pinch of salt and some stress coat. I'll go out to get some peas to try on her when my fiance gets home from work. Any other ideas? What do you think it is? Poor girl. I'm worried about her.

Could she be egg-bound?

 

[BrookeLea]

Come on guys....answer... I'm going nuts here.

 

[fishykisses]

I'd definately try the pea...that always works for my guys

 

[BrookeLea]

But does it sound like constipation? I've yet to have a constipated betta...so I'm not sure if that's what it is.

 

[wuvmybetta]

swim bladder problems CAN develop that quickly, but they go away just as quick. I'd fast her for a day then give her frozen for a few days.

The other night I fed everyone in a hurry, I have this beautiful little pink/cambo female that came out of one of my metallic spawns, shes so adorable, anyway by the time I made it to her bowl I guess I was a bit heavy handed because I fed her way too many pellets but I was like "meh, I'm not fishing those out, she can eat that much"...the next day she was floating on her side but still struggling to see if I had something good to eat in my hand That was yesterday, I gave her some bloodworms ,just like everyone else, last night and shes fine today. So,long story short, don't flip out.

 

[BrookeLea]

Thanks. I feel much better. Come to think of it, I may have dropped a bit much food into her tank this morning. You can bet I'll be more careful from now on.