Marceline
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- Menique
Hi all
Last week i saw my little Maui lying on his back. I thought he was dead and stuck my hand in the tank which probed him to quickly swim away. He did this for a while. I offered him a worm which he ate and this seemed to stop the strange behaviour.
This week i saw him do it again and his tail was curled! Something that has never happened in the two years that i have owned him. I immediately dosed the tank with some prime and only did a 90% water change today seeing that my prime was finished so i had to go get some.
He swims rapidly and then lies on his back on the bottom of the tank. He has an impairment, he has a crooked back wich i think is a birth defect, but it never seemed to bother him much.
This week he has been struggling to swim a lot and he keeps his front legs at a 90 degree angle downwards and they are stiff. It seems like he can't move them but he does when he propels away. He also tried to eat his tail yesterday and i had to pull his tail from his mouth. In turn a bit of skin was dangling from his tail but not too much damage was done. He has never done anything like this before. I think it might be because he is in pain
He is still eating and pooping. I'm so worried.
Last week i saw my little Maui lying on his back. I thought he was dead and stuck my hand in the tank which probed him to quickly swim away. He did this for a while. I offered him a worm which he ate and this seemed to stop the strange behaviour.
This week i saw him do it again and his tail was curled! Something that has never happened in the two years that i have owned him. I immediately dosed the tank with some prime and only did a 90% water change today seeing that my prime was finished so i had to go get some.
He swims rapidly and then lies on his back on the bottom of the tank. He has an impairment, he has a crooked back wich i think is a birth defect, but it never seemed to bother him much.
This week he has been struggling to swim a lot and he keeps his front legs at a 90 degree angle downwards and they are stiff. It seems like he can't move them but he does when he propels away. He also tried to eat his tail yesterday and i had to pull his tail from his mouth. In turn a bit of skin was dangling from his tail but not too much damage was done. He has never done anything like this before. I think it might be because he is in pain
He is still eating and pooping. I'm so worried.