Help! - Injured Female Dwarf Gourami

[bushbrother]

So I have got back from work and had a good look at the fish in the light of day ... It does'nt look good, from the side she seems ok, but from the top you can see that her scales are al messed up. Also she doesnt seem to be able to use her tail, do you think she could have broken her spine? Sometimes it wiggles but not very much. I popped a finger in there to see if she moved and she seems only to use her fins, and one of those is ripped.

What should I do? wait another day? Is it better to put it out of its pain? I did not realise she scratched herself so badly Pictures below:

Please help!

 

[WILDER]

Poor thing.
Time will tell i'm afraid.
Any bruising beneath the skin.
The only thing with cuts and wounds it that bacteria can enter.

I would forget about the salt and add an internal bacteria med.

 

[bushbrother]

Poor thing.
Time will tell i'm afraid.
Any bruising beneath the skin.
The only thing with cuts and wounds it that bacteria can enter.

I would forget about the salt and add an internal bacteria med.

Not sure if there is any bruising ... I guess there would be as she was flapping like mad while she was stuck ...

I will goto the LFS tomorrow and pick up the meds ... what about her not moving the tail? Could she have broken it?

 

[WILDER]

She might of bruised her tail so just hope she ok in a few days.

Also look out for bleeding beneath the skin.

 

[bushbrother]

Unfortunately she has passed away about 1 hour ago ...

Its a sad thing but I did what I could, guess its one of those things, in the wild she would still be in the bogwood!

 

[WILDER]

Bless her.
R.I.P.
You did all you could.