Breony
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My ax Scoot has picked up some kind of parasite when I introduced a companion to his tank. No, I didnt quarantine as a precautionary measure. I now know I should have....His skin looks like it peeling off, and the top of the water is slimy and he is spending a lot of time at the top to gulp air - I've read that they over-secrete mucous when they have a parasite, so that explains the peeling skin/slimy water/gulping. On the weekend he pooed out what looked like a worm (it was wayyyyy too long and skinny to be undigested food) so I took it to the vet and the pet shop and they both think it's a parasite too. But they cant tell me how to help him! He is still eating pretty regularly, but he's always had a voracious appetite.
Does anyone have any ideas? What to use, where to get it.....
Please help because I would be devastated if anything happened to him.
Breony.
Does anyone have any ideas? What to use, where to get it.....
Please help because I would be devastated if anything happened to him.
Breony.