Kerry M
New member
Hi there,
I was worried about four days ago that my little girl was refusing food and floating at the top of the water. Normally she really loves her food so this was unusual. I put her in the fridge as a precaution, on the first night she pooped, following this time there was absolutely no waste at all. I prepared her to enter her tank again and when she entered I noticed that her back legs were elevated. She continued to refuse food and started floating again. I have put her back in her fridging container in fresh water. She has earthworms chopped in there. She can touch the ground and is able to walk around. I have used tweezers and held the worms above her head. She seems to recognise them and then gets annoyed that I am trying to feed her and backs away. I have the container covered in a dark towel for now, I'm hoping that she eats something as she hasn't eaten for about 4-5 days now. The water is 23 degrees in the container at the moment. I assume that she is blocked up. She did have fine gravel in the past when I had no idea that it was a problem but this has been removed for some time. I suppose there is a chance that it is in her still. I suppose I wouldn't know without an ex ray. She has been on a bare floored tank and also has a driftwood creation in there. I do notice that sometimes when I clean the tank that bits of the wood have fallen off however this is mainly dirt. So.... I assume that she needs to be fridged again but was just thinking that I needed to get her to eat first so that is why she is out of the water. I would love any suggestions. I probably should have taken a picture of her floating but you probably get the idea. Basically, her back legs were elevated at a 30 degree angle initially before she floated to the top once again.
Many many thanks to anybody that can help me help her.
Cheers,
Kerry
I was worried about four days ago that my little girl was refusing food and floating at the top of the water. Normally she really loves her food so this was unusual. I put her in the fridge as a precaution, on the first night she pooped, following this time there was absolutely no waste at all. I prepared her to enter her tank again and when she entered I noticed that her back legs were elevated. She continued to refuse food and started floating again. I have put her back in her fridging container in fresh water. She has earthworms chopped in there. She can touch the ground and is able to walk around. I have used tweezers and held the worms above her head. She seems to recognise them and then gets annoyed that I am trying to feed her and backs away. I have the container covered in a dark towel for now, I'm hoping that she eats something as she hasn't eaten for about 4-5 days now. The water is 23 degrees in the container at the moment. I assume that she is blocked up. She did have fine gravel in the past when I had no idea that it was a problem but this has been removed for some time. I suppose there is a chance that it is in her still. I suppose I wouldn't know without an ex ray. She has been on a bare floored tank and also has a driftwood creation in there. I do notice that sometimes when I clean the tank that bits of the wood have fallen off however this is mainly dirt. So.... I assume that she needs to be fridged again but was just thinking that I needed to get her to eat first so that is why she is out of the water. I would love any suggestions. I probably should have taken a picture of her floating but you probably get the idea. Basically, her back legs were elevated at a 30 degree angle initially before she floated to the top once again.
Many many thanks to anybody that can help me help her.
Cheers,
Kerry