Poor thing. Brenda was a goldfish who started to get fatter and fatter to
the point where she look like a seal with a very rough skin. At first, I
thought she was full of eggs, but although there was a lot of mating going
on in the pond, none of the males was interested in Brenda, She stopped
eating and spent most of her time panting near the surface. There is always
a bubbler going.

I eventually got her out, and gently held her. She was hard. And poor
Brenda died this morning.

Should I have treated her differently.

Thanks

"///Owen\\\" wrote in message
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Poor thing. Brenda was a goldfish who started to get fatter and fatter to
the point where she look like a seal with a very rough skin. At first, I
thought she was full of eggs, but although there was a lot of mating going
on in the pond, none of the males was interested in Brenda, She stopped
eating and spent most of her time panting near the surface. There is
always a bubbler going.

I eventually got her out, and gently held her. She was hard. And poor
Brenda died this morning.

Should I have treated her differently.

Thanks
====================
It sounds like dropsy. There is no cure.
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KL....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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only if you could have brought her inside for treatment into a large container.
http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/d...ame.htm#dropsy


"///Owen\\\\\\" wrote:

Poor thing. Brenda was a goldfish who started to get fatter and fatter to
the point where she look like a seal with a very rough skin. At first, I
thought she was full of eggs, but although there was a lot of mating going
on in the pond, none of the males was interested in Brenda, She stopped
eating and spent most of her time panting near the surface. There is always
a bubbler going.

I eventually got her out, and gently held her. She was hard. And poor
Brenda died this morning.

Should I have treated her differently.

Thanks




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only if you could have brought her inside for treatment into a large
container.
http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/d...ame.htm#dropsy


"///Owen\\\\\\" wrote:

Poor thing. Brenda was a goldfish who started to get fatter and fatter
to
the point where she look like a seal with a very rough skin. At first, I
thought she was full of eggs, but although there was a lot of mating going
on in the pond, none of the males was interested in Brenda, She stopped
eating and spent most of her time panting near the surface. There is
always
a bubbler going.

I eventually got her out, and gently held her. She was hard. And poor
Brenda died this morning.

Should I have treated her differently.

Thanks




Thanks for the replies.

John

"///Owen\\\" wrote in message
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Thanks for the replies.

================
John, any treatment just prolongs the inevitable I found over the years.
The problem, if "cured" always returns and causes the death of the afflicted
fish. At least that has been *MY* experience.
--
KL....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö ~~~~ }((((({*

Köi-Lö wrote:
"///Owen\\\" wrote in message
news:TNJCg.371504$IK3.44804@pd7tw1no...
Thanks for the replies.

================
John, any treatment just prolongs the inevitable I found over the
years. The problem, if "cured" always returns and causes the death of
the afflicted fish. At least that has been *MY* experience.

Thanks...

John