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b13thy | 22:00 Thu 27th Oct 2005 | Animals & Nature
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I believe that my fish has dropsy (i'm not a vet but he looks like he's swallowed a golf ball [he hasn't] and from above he looks like a pine cone). I have been medicating with anti-bacterial stuff and adding soothing fish salts to the water. hes been poorly since saturday and doesn't look like hes getting any better however i don't think hes getting any worse, hes still eating and is relativly active. Any ideas on what else i can do

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Personally, and i've been keeping ALL fish for 30 years, i'd have it out and knock it on the head. I've always found dropsey to be terminal.

Sorry :-(
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think its going to have to go to the vet to get put down - can't bear to do it myself

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Is the food you feed him the kind that sinks or floats on the surface of the water? If it is on the surface, he may be gulping air.

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