Dropsy, Now What?

[frazoo]

my female leapard guppy has dropsy and is pregnant, i dont have any peas, and i cant get any time soon cuz my mom isnt going to the store any time soon. i have medication but i am not sure to use it or not cuz i got 4 prego females in her tank and im not sure if it will hurt the fry, like on some medicines for us ppl it says people that have diabetes or are pregnant sould not use this medicine.... to use or not to use that is the question.
is there anything else that i can do if i cant use the med?

 

[Bec1984]

my female leapard guppy has dropsy and is pregnant, i dont have any peas, and i cant get any time soon cuz my mom isnt going to the store any time soon. i have medication but i am not sure to use it or not cuz i got 4 prego females in her tank and im not sure if it will hurt the fry, like on some medicines for us ppl it says people that have diabetes or are pregnant sould not use this medicine.... to use or not to use that is the question.
is there anything else that i can do if i cant use the med?

I have had 2 fish with dropsy and i am afraid both of them did in fact die, theres not really much you can do.Meds wont cure dropsy ( as i have found out the hard way!!) so the kindest thing you could do for her is to put her out of her misery.

Heres a link on dropsy maybe this will help to avoid the problem again.

http/www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/hddropsy.htm


I'm Sorry that this has happened and i hope everything works out

 

[dwarfgourami]

Basically, dropsy is not an illness in itself, it is caused by organ failure, a sign that things have gone pretty far. Sometimes, bloating (which looks like dropsy) can be caused by constipation and then remedied by peas, but if it is real genuine fullscale dropsy (which can be the final stage in most illnesses), then there is usually little you can do.