Re: Head injury?

["Tony" <loxxxo@comcast.net>]

Hi Michelle don't knw if I can help much but I was wondering what made you
figure "head injury?" As if he has bumped it? do you have heaters in your
tank? One of my Africans had something similar on her head but it was a
burn...she would stay near the heater often between the heater and the
suction part...
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From: "Michelle" <AnrkeyGrrrl@hotmail.com>
To: <UniQuaria@yahoogroups.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 9:14 PM
Subject: Head injury?


> If my at least 3 year old Opaline Gourami
> http://uniquaria.com/photogallery/gourami/mgmopaline.jpg suffered a head
injury, what would it
> look like?
>
> He currently has a purplish looking area on the top of his head - looks
like a bruise [see
> attached photo].  He has been hanging around at the surface of the water
with his head right at
> the surface and his body hanging down diagonally to almost vertically
below the surface [he
> used to mostly stay close to the bottom in a driftwood "cave" he's always
been timid].  The few
> times he has left the surface and gone to the mid-water, he looks very
clumsy and eventually
> returns to the top.  His body does not look bloated.
>
> He is still eating well and interacting with the female when she comes
near the surface.
>
> I just don't know if there is anything I can do for him?  His skin doesn't
look broken, just
> discolored in that one area.  I hate to treat with medicine if I don't
know why [plus I don't
> have any here anyway].  Plus, if it is a head injury, medicine is not
going to help.  But he's
> not acting normally.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Michelle
> Tacoma, WA
> "The average dog is a nicer person than the average person."--Andy Rooney
>
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