Egg Bound Betta?

[andyw823]

Just noticed one of my female bettas has a huge belly that has just come from no where. I dont think its constipated as i know what that looks like, this is bigger and more rounder. I cant get a pic as she`s gone hid from me. Does anyone have a pic of an egg bound betta?

 

[zoekin8yg]

This one is eggy (not egg bound as such)



If its happened quickly check for pineconing to make sure its not dropsy

 

[WILDER]

Look under constipation and egg bound.
http/www.bobstropicalfish.com/doc.html

 

[andyw823]

This one is eggy (not egg bound as such)

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If its happened quickly check for pineconing to make sure its not dropsy

Think you might have hit the nail on the head here! Because she is very swolen her scales have slightly risen round her belly area which could indicate dropsy What can i do for her? I have not long added her sister back into the community tank as she had swim bladder which took months to get better, she is now around 85% normal, and now this happens to her
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[Jaded12]

If you look down on her from the top does she appear to look a bit like a pinecone? Then it's probably dropsy, If that's the case it's often fatal since its cause by kidney failure. Here are a few facts about dropsy taken from bettatalk.com good luck



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GENERAL INFO:

This is a most common and most fatal betta disease. oftentimes linked to the feeding of live foods, especially black worms. Very little is know about it, but what causes the raised scales is fluid building up under the skin, inside the betta's tissue. Usually what causes fluid to build up is simple kidney failure. And as you know, once the kidneys fail, the body dies. I think that is why we have had so little luck (mmmmm... Let me rephrase, NO LUCK AT ALL) in treating successfully bettas with dropsy. Although dropsy (the symptom) itself is not contagious, BACTERIA THAT CAUSE THE KIDNEY FAILURE in the first place usually are very very contagious. Since I stopped feeding live worms to my bettas I have not seen one single case of dropsy in my fishroom . Thank God!


SYMPTOMS:

It is easy to diagnose a betta with Dropsy: Look for two signs: an abnormally big (bloated) belly and if you look at betta from the top, raised scales. Scales will look like an open pine cone. If you see this, you are out of luck, and so is Betta. He will soon go to betta heaven


TREATMENT:

No known cure. Keep water clean, keep him AWAY from any other bettas etc… On occasion, in the case of a very mild raised scales, I have seen bettas recover on their own. But I suspect that this is because those cases are NOT real dropsy. Real dropsy always kill. So I guess you have to wait and see what happens. Treating is pretty useless. It may take up to 15 days for betta to die, though usually about 5 days. Any betta with dropsy should be immediately ISOLATED!!!! Prayer may not hurt.

 

[andyw823]

I cant belive she has dropsy! i have just got her sister back from swim bladder. These are some of my first fish from when i started out 2 years ago

 

[WILDER]

Epson salt bath, never rains but pours.
http/www.fishjunkies.com/Treatments/salt.php

 

[andyw823]

I cant belive she has dropsy! i have just got her sister back from swim bladder. These are some of my first fish from when i started out 2 years ago

 

[zoekin8yg]

oh no. Im sorry if she has dropsy, I lost one to dropsy recently.

 

[Jaded12]

How's she doing today? any change?

 

[faithless1294]

there should be a cure for dropsy it would help alot cause some of my nice fish were lost to dropsy.
I hope its not dropsy,
Good Luck.