Regular Member waterfaller1 Posted February 13, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 I thought some of you might be interested to see what I am doing to try and save Vanessa. She popped up with a bad bacterial infection. That must have been festering below the surface, and them became open. It is fairly deep, and a few days ago you could have stuck a pencil in it. We are on day three of Baytril injections at one tenth of a CC, for a total of five days. She and her friends are receiving medi-gold food. I am feeding all of them the medi-gold for two weeks, just in case this is what is know as "hole in the wen disease" There was that little common in the tank for a couple weeks who was hitting her in that spot. Now whether he may have caused the initial bacteria to enter her wen, or what I do not know. As bad as it was, if I did nothing I don't think she would be doing as well. The hole does look better, and she remains active and eating. First pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member waterfaller1 Posted February 13, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 (edited) Getting ready for injection #3 I wait for her to be calm Calm See the light colored part on the body just under the dorsal? That is where I hit her with the needle, in the dorsal muscle.I slip the needle under a scale, so no scale loss. Edited February 13, 2014 by waterfaller1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dnalex Posted February 13, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 Good luck, Carole, and I look forward to further progress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Flipper Posted February 13, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 Oh man! I hope Vanessa heals quickly and nobody else has issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member waterfaller1 Posted February 13, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 From today[ URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/waterfaller1/media/fish/NEWVANESSA029.jpg.html][/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member yafashelli Posted February 13, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 Poor little sweetheart. I'll be thinking of all of you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member fantailfan1 Posted February 13, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 Do you sedate her at all or does she naturally calm down after a while? Good luck with her treatment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member waterfaller1 Posted February 13, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 Do you sedate her at all or does she naturally calm down after a while? Good luck with her treatment! She is out and back in the tank in five minutes or less. She calms down very easily and quickly. Thanks for the well wishes everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member fantailfan1 Posted February 13, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 Oh wow! How nice that she calms herself down. Keep us posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporter Helen Posted February 13, 2014 Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2014 good luck with her Carole! i hope the Baytril works, i've never considered it for treatment of wen ulcers so i am eager to see how well this works for your fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jenzaar Posted February 13, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 Good luck! Hope she continues to do well. she sure is beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted February 13, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 How is Vanessa doing today? And on an unimportant side note, I think that's actually a boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member waterfaller1 Posted February 13, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 Thanks everyone. She is still doing well. I am preparing to do injection #4 here shortly. What makes you think she is a he? I figured by now she would show stars if she was a boy. I know Moby, and Fu Man Chu are boys. I think Charlie is too, but not certain. neither Lovey nor Vanessa show any stars, and the ones I know are boys stick their heads up their Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member GoldenSpoiledRotten Posted February 13, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 I see what looks to be breeding tubercles on Vanessa's pectorals. The pectoral leading rays are also very thick. I really hope this gets resolved and that everyone feels better soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted February 13, 2014 Admin Share Posted February 13, 2014 I see what looks to be breeding tubercles on Vanessa's pectorals. The pectoral leading rays are also very thick. I really hope this gets resolved and that everyone feels better soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member waterfaller1 Posted February 13, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 (edited) I see what looks to be breeding tubercles on Vanessa's pectorals. The pectoral leading rays are also very thick. I really hope this gets resolved and that everyone feels better soon Oh wow..wouldn't that be kind of funny. I changed {his/her} name from Rhett Butler to Vanessa! So maybe he is a Rhett...or a Van? Maybe all of my fish are boys for all I know..I am kind of blind! Thank you Edited February 13, 2014 by waterfaller1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member GoldenSpoiledRotten Posted February 13, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 I see what looks to be breeding tubercles on Vanessa's pectorals. The pectoral leading rays are also very thick. I really hope this gets resolved and that everyone feels better soon Oh wow..wouldn't that be kind of funny. I changed {his/her} name from Rhett Butler to Vanessa! So maybe he is a Rhett...or a Van? Maybe all of my fish are boys for all I know..I am kind of blind! Thank you I never look at gill plates to tell if a fish is male or not... I just look at the pecs. Goldfish have manly pecs. Also, it's more difficult to tell if they're on the faces of some Orandas, who grow wen over top of them on occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DawnMichele Posted February 13, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 How is Vanessa doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dnalex Posted February 13, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 I agree that Vanessa is indeed showing some very manly pecs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Justin Posted February 13, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2014 I hope Vanessa is doing well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member waterfaller1 Posted February 14, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 14, 2014 Thanks, still swimming. I am so embarrassed..I should have left her with a boy's name... Tomorrow is the last shot. I have my fingers double crossed for her/him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporter Helen Posted February 14, 2014 Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2014 Just call him Van... lots of famous men with that name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member GoldenSpoiledRotten Posted February 14, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted February 14, 2014 Definitely. Van is a wonderful name. I am glad things are still going well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporter amoonklein Posted February 14, 2014 Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) Van/nessa is just gorgeous and I hope the baytril injections do their job so s/he can heal up EDIT: Acutally, this is the name of my husband's van Edited February 14, 2014 by amoonklein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member shellbell4ever Posted February 14, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted February 14, 2014 aww I hope Vanessa/Van feels better asap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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