Bruce1975
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Hi everyone, Iām not sure what else to do here...Iāve been dealing with Popeye in my Oscar since September. It had gotten better a few times and each time I thought it would heal, it wouldnāt; it actually got progressively worse.
I should add that the main problem I am having is that after he got Popeye, he cut his eye on some decor I had in the tank and it repeatedly got infected. It is now the worst it has ever been, and I donāt know what else to do.
Iāve treated him with 3 different medications: kanaplex, melafix, and fish amoxicillin. The kanaplex worked really well, but I think after I treated him a few times with it, it became ineffective. The melafix didnāt do anything noticeable, and the fish amoxicillin worked at fighting the infection pretty well, but it didnāt help the swelling at all. I donāt know if I need to mention that Iāve also given him Stess Guard and it healed the wound that kept getting infected.
His eye is now sticking out more than an inch from his head now, and it didnāt help that yesterday he got rough with the other Oscar in the tank (I had them separated in the main tank because I am trying to lower the ammonia in the quarantine tank. I had them apart from each other but they kept getting around/over the barrier.)
Next thing I know, I come home and they were both together. Bruce(the Oscar with Popeye), had a vein that was prominent on the bottom of his protruding eye and it had starting bleeding. I separated them again. A little while later, they were with each other... again. And this time, there were chunks of flesh floating on top of the sand at the bottom of the tank. I freaked out, because now his eye was bleeding and there was also some off yellow liquid coming out(I assume itās the liquid that is pooled up behind his eye, as it has gone down in size a tiny bit since yesterday).
Iāve attached a photo of what it looks like now. I donāt know what else to do. Do I medicate him again? Iām just concerned because now medications donāt seem to work well on him, if at all. And now he has a huge gash under his eye. Plus the swelling, and Iām concerned it will get infected for the 6th(?) time. Iāve been working on him for 5 months now...
I have contacted some veterinarians and havenāt gotten responses back. I can contact this other guy, but heās 3 hrs and 45 minutes from me and and I feel like if I put Bruce in the net, then a bucket(?) heāll die from stress or rip his eye out of the socket.
Does anyone have an idea on what I can do? Or advice? Anything really...
Iām sorry this is so lengthy
I should add that the main problem I am having is that after he got Popeye, he cut his eye on some decor I had in the tank and it repeatedly got infected. It is now the worst it has ever been, and I donāt know what else to do.
Iāve treated him with 3 different medications: kanaplex, melafix, and fish amoxicillin. The kanaplex worked really well, but I think after I treated him a few times with it, it became ineffective. The melafix didnāt do anything noticeable, and the fish amoxicillin worked at fighting the infection pretty well, but it didnāt help the swelling at all. I donāt know if I need to mention that Iāve also given him Stess Guard and it healed the wound that kept getting infected.
His eye is now sticking out more than an inch from his head now, and it didnāt help that yesterday he got rough with the other Oscar in the tank (I had them separated in the main tank because I am trying to lower the ammonia in the quarantine tank. I had them apart from each other but they kept getting around/over the barrier.)
Next thing I know, I come home and they were both together. Bruce(the Oscar with Popeye), had a vein that was prominent on the bottom of his protruding eye and it had starting bleeding. I separated them again. A little while later, they were with each other... again. And this time, there were chunks of flesh floating on top of the sand at the bottom of the tank. I freaked out, because now his eye was bleeding and there was also some off yellow liquid coming out(I assume itās the liquid that is pooled up behind his eye, as it has gone down in size a tiny bit since yesterday).
Iāve attached a photo of what it looks like now. I donāt know what else to do. Do I medicate him again? Iām just concerned because now medications donāt seem to work well on him, if at all. And now he has a huge gash under his eye. Plus the swelling, and Iām concerned it will get infected for the 6th(?) time. Iāve been working on him for 5 months now...
I have contacted some veterinarians and havenāt gotten responses back. I can contact this other guy, but heās 3 hrs and 45 minutes from me and and I feel like if I put Bruce in the net, then a bucket(?) heāll die from stress or rip his eye out of the socket.
Does anyone have an idea on what I can do? Or advice? Anything really...
Iām sorry this is so lengthy