Minutus

Ok, I'm actually embarrassed to ask this being a homeopath myself (I've
never treated animals...) but....We are fishsitting Howard, the beta
fish. His owners have been in Mexico for about 4 months. Up until last
week, Howard swam happily around his bowl and ate well, although I
think his eye sight is a little off because he often will miss his food
when he jumps up at it.
Now, he doesn't eat much at all ...I think he may be getting more
blind, he doesn't swim around like he used to, instead he hides under
neath his bridge or just lays around.
Maybe he's just on his last fin and he just needs love until the end.
Any ideas?
~Jill

Could it be that you over fed him?
Gisela

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Dear Jill,
Don't be embarassed, it's good you asked...
May I suggest the following:
Check that his water is very well oxygenated. If you have a mechanical
bubbler to do that, it should be okay but if the tank is not oxygenated
actively, then achieving good oxygenation would be a first step.
Any chance you overfed him? It's the commonest cause of fish-sitter
death of fish. What happens is that the fish fails to eat ALL the food
at a particular feeding, and it rots and spoils the water and uses up
all the oxygen. As a precaution, suggest you stop feeding a day or two,
and attend to other aspects meantime.
pH of the water. This is a measure of the acidity or alkalinity - and
is a guide as to pollutants such as from rotting food or rotting
plants in the tank. [There needs to be a careful ecological balance in
a fish tank betgween the exreta of the fish, and the ability of plants
to oxygenate and process it - and not too much dead anything in there
like dead plant material or bad food.
The result of imbalance can be any number of chemical problems such as
ammonia in the water, which is toxic to fish. The pH is a clue as to
whether the water has a problem.
After that there are a series of things to check, and I suggest a
visit to the local library to get a little handbook on fish keeping
which will tell you easy ways to spot what is wrong, and how to fix
it....and then a visit to the local fish pet store for products.

As to homeopathy in the meantime. I'd add a few drops of aqueous Aconitum
napellus 200C for shock and a drop of Bach rescue remedy and crab apple
(also a Bach remedy) - all to handle stress and to nip infection in the
bud while you analyse the cause of the problem. Once you know the cause,
you can fix it and also will know better what remedy is needed.

Also contact the owners if possible.

Good luck!
Namaste,
Irene
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

Well, Possibly I'm over feeding him but we've had him for 4 months
already and i feed him the same amount as our other beta.His water
gets cleaned regularly and we set out water the day before and add
the shock drops to it. I guess I'll do a good bowl cleaning since he
hasn't been eating the food and it is on the bottom. Thanks for all
the other suggestions, I do those too!
~Jill
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