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I bought a Shubunkin fish back in early February with a bowl (for my dorm room). By the end of the month, my parents bought me a 5 gallon tank for him (I know that it’s a he). I bought another Shubunkin not too long after I got the tank, but she died a couple of weeks ago, I’m pretty sure she was sick when I bought her though, from what I suspected was swim bladder. Which, to my understanding, isn’t contagious.
Since then I did 1 major water change (60%ish) and a few small ones. I admit, I’m not the best water quality maintainer but I try to change the water when I can. I know I don’t over feed him, because I feed him once every other day. I used to feed him more often, but I would never see him eat and I would see all the food on the bottom of the tank (which made the water dirtier).
So I was looking at him tonight because I noticed that he’s floating at the top of the tank, like the other one was doing about a week before it died. Just within the last day his body has become bloated and his scales are protruding. He kind of looks like a pine cone. The other fish did look a little bloated, but not pine cone-like. The last few days have been really hot in my room where the tank is, and I know he’s a cold water and his water is never really that cold would that be a big problem?
I figure it’s either swim bladder, bloat or constipation. I only feed him flake food because I’m not really sure how to prepare any other food for him.
I’m really concerned for his health because I’ve had him for 5 months and I would like to keep him a while longer. He’s survived two moves from university to home and potential cat attacks, I would hate for constipation to be the thing that gets him.
Any response would be appreciated, the faster the better because I really want to get him healthy again.
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I bought a Shubunkin fish back in early February with a bowl (for my dorm room). By the end of the month, my parents bought me a 5 gallon tank for him (I know that it’s a he). I bought another Shubunkin not too long after I got the tank, but she died a couple of weeks ago, I’m pretty sure she was sick when I bought her though, from what I suspected was swim bladder. Which, to my understanding, isn’t contagious.
Since then I did 1 major water change (60%ish) and a few small ones. I admit, I’m not the best water quality maintainer but I try to change the water when I can. I know I don’t over feed him, because I feed him once every other day. I used to feed him more often, but I would never see him eat and I would see all the food on the bottom of the tank (which made the water dirtier).
So I was looking at him tonight because I noticed that he’s floating at the top of the tank, like the other one was doing about a week before it died. Just within the last day his body has become bloated and his scales are protruding. He kind of looks like a pine cone. The other fish did look a little bloated, but not pine cone-like. The last few days have been really hot in my room where the tank is, and I know he’s a cold water and his water is never really that cold would that be a big problem?
I figure it’s either swim bladder, bloat or constipation. I only feed him flake food because I’m not really sure how to prepare any other food for him.
I’m really concerned for his health because I’ve had him for 5 months and I would like to keep him a while longer. He’s survived two moves from university to home and potential cat attacks, I would hate for constipation to be the thing that gets him.
Any response would be appreciated, the faster the better because I really want to get him healthy again.
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i filled out a application for a dog at the local spca. they called and told me that they had some dogs, but they had health problems. Am i wrong for not wanting the dog. ???? My reason is we suffered a family lost this year, and i don’t think it would be fair to put myself and my kids through that if this dogs ends up passing away.
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Posted by: Alan in Cat Health Problem, tags: Aren't, Damages, Landlord, Mold, Should, Stick, That, Trying, What, With
This past December has been a very cold one and I’ve been running the wall heater and an additional heater I procured in order to keep my apartment warm. I noticed an unusual amount of condensation in the air and sticking to the walls. So, thinking nothing of it I just wiped down the walls as the condensation formed. Well right after Christmas my mother went out of country on a three week trip and asked me to look after her house since there had been some suspicious occurrences there at that time. So I spent most of the night there each night during that time but I left my heaters on at home because my kitten was still there and I didn’t want her to freeze. Also I took all my showers there during that time period. So when my mom gets back I go home and I start to notice mold around the house.
At first I just wipe it off and don’t think too much about it, I figure it is just because I was gone for so long. Well the problem VERY quickly spreads around my bedroom and bedroom closet area and it becomes apparent that there is a real problem. So I called my landlord and they fixed it in a couple of days ( I think, they didn’t check in the walls or anything, they just painted over it) but now he is trying to stick me with the painting bills. He says that I caused the mold in a letter he had the painters give me when they were leaving, and listed some reasons that are completely false. He lists
1. Not keeping the house warm enough
2. Having furniture too close to walls
3. Taking showers with fan off and improper ventilation
4. Over stuffing closet
5. And ammonia from pet odor from cat box
Well, when he came over he was sweating and that is the normal temperature we keep the house at because my girlfriend has poor circulation. Where else do you put beds and dressers besides near the wall, nothing was touching the wall and there was about an inch or two of clearance for everything. The bathroom fan has been broken and I told him so when I first moved in five months ago, also I take cold showers to combat the apartment heat and we both open windows when we shower. Even more, we weren’t taking any showers there while at my mom’s house. He never saw how we kept our closet normally, he just saw our living room when we had to pull all our clothes out from all our dressers, even the ones that aren’t in the closet because they were all wet. The cat box was a little dirty when he came over because for the last few days we’d been gutting our room and closet to save as much as we could from the mold and hadn’t cleaned it. But it still was not bad and he lists on the letter “eye burning ammonia from pet odor.” Also, because the carpet in the closet got wet from all the moisture and he could smell the cat box he is trying to charge me to replace all the carpet and padding in the apartment.
I don’t think the mold is my fault at all and a handyman I know came over and said the cause was likely from an faulty AC unit that was improperly installed letting cold air and moisture into the bedroom through the bedroom window. He also noted that he could feel drafts in the kitchen and said that we likely had an insulation problem. The mold caused all sorts of health problems from nausea to coughing blood and ruined a lot of my things, some which were family heirlooms. Is there any way to keep him from spending all my deposit on something that wasn’t my fault and maybe even make him reimburse me for everything I’ve had to dispose of? I took extensive pictures of the mold and still have some of the furniture there (I’ve been having to stay over at other people’s houses to avoid further health problems).
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Posted by: Alan in Cat Health Problem, tags: 1634, About, California's, Hear, Mandatory, Neuter, Pass, Spay, They, Trying
It is A Mandatory Sterilization at 16 weeks for all kittens and puppies.
It will allow charges of very high fees and Fines for all pets found intact.
There is NOT an exemption for visiting animals into California.
If you are unable to pay the government will they take your pet away????? Quite Possible!
Early Sterilization can KILL your tiny baby pets or leave them with health problems.
I’m not against Spaying/Neutering but I am against the GOV’T mandating.
Have you heard about this? What have you done to keep your dog and cat from being subject to California law? Isn’t this kinda like abortion??? I know the difference between humans and animals, but when do pets get rights? Many of our pets we poisoned recently, but pets are considered to be objects you own, not living family members as most good pet owners believe they are.
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