Help my goldfish

MQ Edna · Oct 3, 2001

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!

frustratedRN · Oct 3, 2001

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.

welcare · Oct 4, 2001

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.

SharonH, RN · Oct 4, 2001

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.

JennieBSN · Oct 4, 2001

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!

kaycee · Oct 4, 2001

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:rolleyes:

bonster · Oct 4, 2001

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

kaycee · Oct 4, 2001

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

CHILL!

bonster · Oct 4, 2001

I was joking too! Couldn't you tell? I used the appropriate smilie, didn't I? lol

Chilin' with my fish,

Bon

kaycee · Oct 4, 2001

Ok Bon, LOL. But if it's a gas filled sac how bout a iddy biddy rectal tube? I know, I'm pushin it. I'm bein a bit weird today. It's my b-day and I'm feelin kind of old.

Hey speaking of rectal tubes anyone still use them? I haven't in years.

Have a great day chilin' with your fish!

frustratedRN · Oct 4, 2001

we use rectal tubes sometimes for patients that have the skin breakdown and diarrhea combo.

sometimes it helps sometimes it doesnt.

nicola · Oct 4, 2001

I hope your fishy gets better! I've had fancy goldfish (not since I was a kid, tho), and don't remember any of them getting that problem. Could be funny to watch, tho...

I have a betta - a really lovely blue guy - who lives in a vase with some bamboo... It's a really cool set up! (I haven't named him yet, any suggestions?) This is my second one. The first lived a year and change, then went belly up. sigh! At first I wasn't going to get another fish, but it felt kinda lonely on my diningroom table without him there... I think it's funny how we humans seem to need to hve other living things with us!