Thursday, February 25, 2010

Fish update

Well, the fish is no better. He's at the top of the bowl, against one side, taking a breath every now and then. He's not moving his front fins. Rear fins are somewhat clamped together. He's not moving around that much. He pretty much stays still.

So he swam to the other side of the bowl. Now he's doing pretty much the same thing as before, floating on the top of the water on the side of the bowl. He wasn't moving much before, but after this treatment, now he's almost not moving at all. Again, I should have left him alone. He was doing somewhat ok, although he wasn't eating. Has he lost the use of his left fin? Nevermind I saw him moving his right fin slightly. He went to the bottom briefly but then just floated back to the top.

Now he floated back to teh bottom. Now he's coming back up to the top, to take a breath of air. Now he's back to staying on the top at the side of the bowl. Anything he does, he moves slowly. I think he is distraught. Of course he didn't think this could happen to him. His eyes are less alert than previously were.

It seems like his fins are even more clamped together. And when he swims up for air from the bottom, he swims vertically. He's not dead, but he's a far way from where he was just a day ago. I think this fish's better days are over.

1 comment:

  1. I tried to pin him with a toothpick a couple of times, he swam away, and now he is sitting on the bottom. Should I finish him off, or let him continue to live in this condition?

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