Buster My LFS Rescue

Well heres the lil guy i saw yesterday and melted my heart he seems to have an issue swimming and 'drags' himself across the floor, no i have him home in a small container with little water he does seem to be managing better. Definately alot more movement than at my LFS

He does seem rather fat though, one side more than the other but no pineconeing (fingers crossed it stays!) i'm sure i read that the swimbladder is slightly to 1 side, so am thinking this may be the problem but anyone has any ideas throw them at me.

Anyway enough jibber jabber heres Buster

Took these before work, he seems to have perked up a little, came to greet me when i walked in

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oh bless. he does look a bit sad. fingers crossed he perks up for you x

ahhhh.. poor fella. hope he gets better soon!

think i may give him a diet of peas for a few days, see if that helps his swelling any, he is absolutely tiny, smaller than my 4 month old Male from Wayne

he is cute,i have one like him,love the colour,hope he gets better soon.goodluck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a homebred chap with the same swimming issue. It's a shame as he's a gorgeous rosetail with DT genes.

I did keep him in a 2.5L tub, but I thought "Isn't it like a dog with only three legs, or a cat with a heart condition?" You don't lock them up so they don't wear themselves out, you let them excerise a bit to keep them strong. I moved him into a 180L tank, with tons of plants. This gives him lots of room to excercise as much as he needs and the plants to rest on (which he does a lot of). He seems very happy. He always makes the effort to come and say "Hi" and he no longer drags himself on the bottom; he sort of looks like he's treading water along the surface lol. Head up, tail waggling... now I know how ridiculous I look in the pool!

Time-Out wrote:I have a homebred chap with the same swimming issue. It's a shame as he's a gorgeous rosetail with DT genes.

I did keep him in a 2.5L tub, but I thought "Isn't it like a dog with only three legs, or a cat with a heart condition?" You don't lock them up so they don't wear themselves out, you let them excerise a bit to keep them strong. I moved him into a 180L tank, with tons of plants. This gives him lots of room to excercise as much as he needs and the plants to rest on (which he does a lot of). He seems very happy. He always makes the effort to come and say "Hi" and he no longer drags himself on the bottom; he sort of looks like he's treading water along the surface lol. Head up, tail waggling... now I know how ridiculous I look in the pool!

Thats great news! i am actually planning on adding him to my 3 gal shrimp tank in a few days time see how he goes, will plonck a load of floating plants in for him to rest on he already comes wiggleing when someone comes into the room

Sounds like he's doing well siobhan...

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you know he's built you that nest coz you've given him a chance and he's letting you know he's thankful for that chance...well thats what i think

Made me so happy when i saw it, i can't stop smiling am upgrading him to a 7l tomorrow see how he does

He's swimming about a little more this morning, he's bin to the toilet too

brilliant little Buster

Lilfishie wrote:he's bin to the toilet too

Hope he flushed afterwards!

It's nice to read stories like this. I love seeing unhappy animals get a good home. That's part of the reason my last 3 dogs have been from Boxer Rescue. They all deserve a happy life, from dogs to cats, birds to fish.

Well done on giving him a loving home!

How's Buster doing Siobhan? Any new photos??

He's doing great Nat, was going to update this today, he's been in the 7l tub for a few days now and is loving all the space, he is swimming about for about 5min at a time now before resting. i know that doesn't sound a lot but before it was literally seconds before he sank

Sounds like he's improving lots Siobhan, you should be proud of him...would we be able to have any updated photos pleaseeeeeeeeeee???

Working on it hun he's so hard to get swimming though

Buster had his 1st Bloodworm today only small 1s but he loved them

oh I love it when they chomp on a bloodworm...

Aw bless him! It's no wonder he's coming along so well though seeing as he's got you as his mum xxxx