Wounded Fantail goldie

[CJ's POND]

I found one of my fantail goldies caught in the skimmer & it got pretty scrapped up, both sides. I took her|it out of the pond & put her|it in solitary. She is swimming but now I don't know what to do...the wounds seem bad. If it were possible I'd put a bandaid on the wounds....the other side is not as bad as the pic showes here. Any advise would be greatly appreciated..

 

[Shoestring Ponder]

AWWwww poor thing. I can only hope you find a solution. I truly do not know what to do but offer synpathy and empathy.

:goldfish:

 

[ididntdoit99]

Ah that sucks... hope it pulls through. I had one jump out of the tub when i moved them downstairs for the winter, and i dint notice it until quite a while later, and then he got all scraped up while i was trying to get him out from between the wall and the tub, he did survive though.

as far as what to do.. i can't help you there, i didnt do anything for mine as he was just a feeder goldie, but he made it anyway.

 

[j.w]

Isn't salt supposed to be good for healing? Hope somebody can help you w/ your fish soon before infection sets in.

 

[CJ's POND]

I did add salt to the pond water when I put Pig in isolation. I recall reading that {maybe on this forum?} also, that iodine could be applied to the scrapped area ......I'm going to try the iodine when I get home. Some here see it as weird .......Doctoring a gold fish?????

 

[j.w]

I read some about the iodine and they said if you put it on you should let it dry a bit before putting the fish back in the water or it just washes off. They said fish can stay out of water for about 20mins. Somebody suggested using a hair dryer on low to hurry up the drying process. And then they said put on some kind of antibiotic stuff. Let me see if I can find it again. Here it is:
http://www.texaskoi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53&Itemid=58

 

[addy1]

DOC JW!

 

[j.w]

Hope it helps the poor fishy!

 

[JohnHuff]

Sorry to hear that, let us all know how he turns out, H

 

[CJ's POND]

:surprised: JW,thanks for the link. The info helped me decide what to do. I used macuracrome.. I know that word is missplled...could't find real iodine. Coated the wound & just dryed it by blowing.... just like you did when you treated your kids cuts & scrapes..although Pig didn't fuss like my kids did. Anyway, she seems to be healing. I just needed to be pointed in the right direction. Here is the up dated pictures.

 

[j.w]

That's wonderful CJ and it does look better

 

[Shoestring Ponder]

Gr8 News!! Will keep "Pig" in my thoughts until it is totally in the clear. Amazing!

:goldfish:

 

[addy1]

Good job fish doc CJ!

 

[buckry]

One of my fish has a really bad limp, would you mind taking a look at her?

 

[don't ask]

buck, jw might if you want to pay for her round trip ticket and room and food