Help! Stupid Bolivian Ram

[rchambers]

Hi, please help my poor Bolivian Ram. It looks like he has grabbed a stone in his mouth and its stuck. Is there anything I can do for him, I don't think he will let me pick it out of his mouth for him. This must have happenned in since last night as he was fine when I went to bed. I don't want to lose him but I don't want him to suffer either.

 

[Gilli]

Poor thing! Only thing I can think of is catch him in a net get someone to hold him still for you and use a pair of tweezers gently! Good luck!

 

[rchambers]

Hooray! Took him down to Maidenhead Aquatics in Farnham and they managed to get the stone out with a really fine pair of tweezers. Thanks a lot guys, he is looking much happier already.

 

[WILDER]

When you have to remove an objects from a fish mouth you wrap the fish in a cloth soaked in tank water, ask someone to hold the fish down for you.
Steralise some tweezers and remove the objects by inside the gills or mouth with tweezers.

 

[Gilli]

Its so nice to see a happy ending!