dying fish EMERGENCY!

[younghistorians]

Hi all-
I'm not going to go into to much detail about how this happened, but here is the situation:
My Calico goldfish, purchased today, is practically dying. We had bought it, and brought it home. While adapting it to the tank, the bag was bumped, and the fish fell 4 feet to the tile floor. Its been about 1 1/2 hours since it fell, and its not doing to well. Normally, their eyes are "puffed out"...now its collapsed, and acting blind.


What can I do for it? Anything to save it?

thanks alot!

 

[Bearfan]

Unfortunately, there is little you can do but see how it does recover. I don't think there is a real way to perform ocular surgery that isn't more risky. Keep the lights out to reduce stress, which may help.

 

[Allivymar]

Its possible the fall caused internal injuries; its happened before. Atm I would keep him in the cleanest water possible, and keep the lights off. The less stress the better. Don't even bother feeding him for a day or 2; its likely he won't eat and it will keep the food from rotting in the tank.

Also, I'm going to move this to FW Unhealthy Fish Forum.

 

[younghistorians]

UPDATE: It's still alive, and its eye has stopped swelling.


thanks guys!

 

[Allivymar]

Oh awesome younghistorians!

Have a coupla kudos, not only for saving the fish, but for letting us know how things are going

 

[tkos]

That is great news. Keep up the good fishy doctoring and hopefully this little guy will lead a good healthy life.

 

[younghistorians]

thanks folks!


update: from what it looks like, the eye is blind in the eye he fell on (left side)...he still seems to be able to eat/find food, and manage, so hopefully everything will be fine.



Im just surprised he is living, considering the fact he fell 6 feet onto a tile floor, then laid there for about a minute and a half. AMAZING!

-yh