I have heard of a parasite which makes the fish appear very fat to attract a
bird to take it - I think one of my gold fish has this parasite. Please tell
me (a) Is this true? (b) Is there a cure? (c) What is the best thing to do?
I live in the UK. A Heron has cleared my pond out and I am left with just 5
gold fish, including the fat one, I have placed 2 decoy heron around the
pond. Should I cut my loses and clear the pond to start afresh. Help and/or
advice would be most appreciated.
Cheers
Mack

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I have heard of a parasite which makes the fish appear very fat to attract
a
bird to take it - I think one of my gold fish has this parasite. Please
tell
me (a) Is this true? (b) Is there a cure? (c) What is the best thing to
do?
I live in the UK. A Heron has cleared my pond out and I am left with just
5
gold fish, including the fat one, I have placed 2 decoy heron around the
pond. Should I cut my loses and clear the pond to start afresh. Help
and/or
advice would be most appreciated.
Cheers
Mack
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Does the fish look like a pinecone from above? This could be dropsy and
isn't caused by parasites. As for herons - some people have success with
various types of concoctions which they will soon mention. The only thing
that kept them out of our ponds in the end was fine black bird netting. I
still have the decoy fish that they were smart enough to ignore. They also
ignored the fake snakes, the fake owls.......
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