Whats Wrong With His Head?

[sekhmut0402]

Maybe it's just because I've dealt with it in the past and I'm paranoid, but that reeeeally sounds like TB. Not the thing on his face, but that he tries to eat and spits it back out, along with wasting and having constant finrot. Personally, I'd isolate him immediately and run a course of Maracyn and Maracyn II, then try feeding him crushed up antibacterial medicated food. If he does have TB he'll have serious trouble taking the pellets right away, but hopefully the external meds would help with that and also with whatever that is going on with his cheek

I was actually thinking TB too.

With things like this, I generally talk to my vet - he's not an expert, but is well networked and able to find out what is needed most often.

 

[Joby]

I've had a couple of bettas before with the same head lumps like that and they went skinny too and I lost both of them even with the use of maracyn and maracyn 2

 

[Jessica13]

I tried all of the meds suggested and they really didn't work, i remember with one of them ( may have been the maracyn stuff) after a couple of doses of that he was led at the bottom of the tank gasping so gave up with that one. The one that had most success was just salt, he started eating a bit better with that, so i give him that when i do some of his water changes and i think thats all that is keeping him alive as when i first posted this thread he wasn't eating at all...

He did just manage one whole bloodworm though