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by sgoorland
Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:09 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw
Replies: 20
Views: 857

Re: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw

Donation made! Glad to do so next year too :). You know, I like the Mela idea. I swear Fugu had this same disease 7 years ago. Skin started to show brown and white lesions all over, but not the rapid fin rot. I was warned by one local store expert that there was no cure. I used a combo of Mela and P...
by sgoorland
Tue Jul 16, 2019 11:15 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw
Replies: 20
Views: 857

Re: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw

I would be glad to donate! This forum has been a wonderful resource! FYI Fugu isn’t quite out of the woods yet. He still has scarring that appears to be healing, but very slowly. I’m particularly nervous after having read about mycobacterium vs Vibrio. I’m hopeful it was Vibrio or something else, be...
by sgoorland
Sun Jul 14, 2019 10:51 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw
Replies: 20
Views: 857

Re: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw

Honestly, if it wasn’t for this site Fugu wouldn’t be here today. Admittedly, I’ve been more of a lurker over the years, but I’ve learned a ton from the posts here. I figured out all about the lock jaw from here, figured out a method to get vitamin food in him and thanks to you, understood that I ha...
by sgoorland
Fri Jul 12, 2019 6:24 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw
Replies: 20
Views: 857

Re: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw

So I was able to get to the vet today who took a sample off his tail. She said that there is no evidence of any bacterial microbes, but that it is blanketed in white blood cells. She indicated that means whatever treatment I have is working. His spirits are up, and the damaged skin areas are scarrin...
by sgoorland
Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:30 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw
Replies: 20
Views: 857

Re: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw

I can’t say I understand for certain, but Fenner indicated that the precipitous drop might assist with osmosis which could help halt progression of the disease. I spoke with a marine biologist from the Mote Marine Research Institute today, and he suggested he thought the hypo would help as well. I c...
by sgoorland
Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:53 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw
Replies: 20
Views: 857

Re: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw

Wow ... well that’s incredibly frightening! Bob Fenner last night recommended dropping salinity quickly to 1.015 in the QT, which I did. We hadn’t discussed Vibrio, but he recognized whatever it was appears to be moving fast. Interestingly, I didn’t see it progress overnight, and this morning his le...
by sgoorland
Wed Jul 10, 2019 8:46 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw
Replies: 20
Views: 857

Re: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw

So now a new twist. Fugu has been doing great. Eating well, mouth opening. Yesterday afternoon we noticed his left pectoral fin clamping to his body. We thought it was an injury of some kind. But he still ate plenty. Today we noticed that the top of that fin is turning white. And then we noticed the...
by sgoorland
Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:22 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw
Replies: 20
Views: 857

Re: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw

Great news, Fugu is doing fantastic. Over the last month, I was able to feed him the vitamin injected squid every day or two, four or five pieces. His mouth is opening wider, and i no longer have to hand feed, he takes it from his feeding tongs now. He looks and acts healthy, and each week I can tel...
by sgoorland
Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:12 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw
Replies: 20
Views: 857

Re: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw

Glad to connect with the other, can you point me to where? So I’ve been pretty lucky! I’ve managed to get vitamin laced food into Fugu every day. Because his mouth can open slightly, I started to try to hand feed him small slices of squid. It took a couple of weeks to get him used to taking food fro...
by sgoorland
Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:04 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw
Replies: 20
Views: 857

Re: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw

Thanks. I have done some digging through her posts. Was able to find an old post about tube feeding, and one indicating she was authoring a paper on lockjaw, though there was no link to the paper. Haven’t been able to find much more? I will be picking up a hypodermic needle today to inject the octop...
by sgoorland
Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:46 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw
Replies: 20
Views: 857

Porcupine Puffer Lockjaw

My 15 year old, 10 inch, Porcupine, “Fugu”, appears to have unfortunately gotten lockjaw. He exhibits all of the same signs as what I’ve read throughout the relevant posts on this forum. He generally has good energy, typical behaviors, he tries to eat, he just can’t open his mouth enough to get a go...
by sgoorland
Sun Apr 03, 2011 2:55 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Porcupine Puffer gone blind!
Replies: 2
Views: 362

Porcupine Puffer gone blind!

Hi, I have a Diodon Holocanthus, named "Fugu" that I've now had for about 6 years, I believe he is likely about 8 years old. My little buddy is one tough little fellow, having survived numerous turmoils and diseases, always to pop back. This time I'm really worried he may be beyond help. U...