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No. 10
from bonster
Old Oct 03, 2001, 03:18 PM

Debbye.. You probably didn't kill any of your fish. If they weren't moving.. they are dead. lol. These goldfish (with swim bladder disease) are very much alive and you can tell it! They can maneuver all over the place.. and eat and everything.

Bon
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No. 11
from Q.
Old Oct 03, 2001, 04:29 PM

To SOME individuals - UMMM NO this wasn't a joke.

To Kday - you were right on. I've had that problem with my fancy goldfish before.
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No. 12
from Nebby Nurse
Old Oct 03, 2001, 04:51 PM

Good luck with your fish. When my fish "Iron Mike" died a couple of years ago I cried for an hour. He was the kids' pet and we had him for a long time. He bellied up for a couple days and then he CTBd. Common sense says he was "just a fish" but I really got attached to that little guy!
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No. 13
Old Oct 03, 2001, 05:04 PM

welcare

SOME of us werent making fun of you. SOME of us obviously dont know anything about fish. SOME of us thought you were just messing with us. SOME of us are sorry if your feelings were hurt.
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No. 14
from welcare
Old Oct 03, 2001, 06:56 PM

Thank you for all the informative replies. I think I'll try the salt bath first. Though some of the replies are sarcastic, but no bad feelings here. That is always the problems with short messaging and chatting on internet. There is no tone, no expressions. So the intention is always misunderstood.
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No. 15
Old Oct 03, 2001, 07:05 PM

Well damn! I guess you live and learn something new everyday! I thought it was a joke too and I probably would have told you to do the same thing frustratedRN did, LOL.
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No. 16
from JennieBSN
Old Oct 03, 2001, 09:33 PM

Anybody see 'Deuce Bigalow?' HAH!! I cracked up at that scene where the dude was tapping on the tank saying, 'fishy fishy fishy' in that stupid voice and Deuce grabs his hand and says, 'they really don't like that.'

LOL!! I'd be the geek saying 'they really don't like that.' Yep, I'm an aquarium geek. I totally admit it!!

JUST CALL ME DEUCE! HA!
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No. 17
from kaycee
Old Oct 03, 2001, 11:19 PM

Maybe they have tiny foley's for swim bladder disease. Next time we have a pt with a distended bladder and urinary retention we ought to try a salt water bath. Much less invasive and it would cut down on catheter introduced UTI's.
Sorry
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No. 18
from bonster
Old Oct 04, 2001, 05:38 AM

I don't believe a tiny foley would allow to escape from a fish with swim bladder nor do I think salt water baths would help a human with a urinary retention problem since the two are completely unrelated in nature. FYI: "Bladders" aren't always associated with urine.

Swim bladder disorder is when the gas-filled sac located in the dorsal portion of body cavity of a fish is distended and trapped.


Bon
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No. 19
from kaycee
Old Oct 04, 2001, 09:02 AM

It was a joke Bon, ok maybe a stupid one but a joke.
CHILL!
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