Annabelle IP's (From Tapeworms to Camallanus worms)

[edmlfc1]

Thanks to everyone for all the encouragement! She ate 3 small pieces of shrimp this morning. Now she's taking a nap somewhere in the tank. Her tummy was nice and round after eating. She's doing better and better as each day passes.
I'm so glad this whole thing is over!

[daphne]

What a rollercoaster of a thread. I'm glad your fish remembered how to eat. Truly. These little finned beauties. If they only knew.

Good for you! And for her!

[Jase]

Yay for eating shrimp!

[t1gerbee]

Awesome. Well done Coonass!

ps.. what a lovely bunch of people we have on this forum.. makes me all warm inside.

[edmlfc1]

Awesome. Well done Coonass!

ps.. what a lovely bunch of people we have on this forum.. makes me all warm inside.

Thank you.

[edmlfc1]

Last night Annabelle looked like she had black pooh with clear string stuff. This morning this is what I saw. This is going to be gross so brace yourself. Do you think she still has worms? She's eating good, swimming around & happy. Let me know what you think.

[Pufferpunk]

Well, black is a good sign. Can you do another WC & treat the tank again? I'd continue feeding med food, until her poo lools normal. At least it's not worms!

[edmlfc1]

I just did a 50% water change yesterday. I think I'm going to try feeding her the gel-tek before retreating the tank. I don't want her to stop eating again.
I'll start the treatment tomorrow and see what happens from there.

[Sponge bob]

Rawrg.I hope she gets better. Im not that good with this stuff so idk what to say but just I hope she gets better.

[crazedpuffer]

I think it might be going away. I'm sure you'll nip it in the butt!

[edmlfc1]

Well I fed her a dose of gel-tek. She ate it all up! I hope your right crazedpuffer. I'm more worried that she will stop eating again.
And the count down starts again. Day one of worm treatment and four more days to go.

[LilGreenPuffer]

Temp is now up to 85.

And here's a funny story for you. I went to academy to get some worms. I didn't really know any place to get a sryinge other than a dope dealer on a street corner so I stopped by a pharamcy on the way home. I went in and asked the pharamist where I could buy 1 syringe. I got this really dirty look then I was asked what size. I have no clue what size they come in so I said I just need one small enough to shoot up a worm. Then I got a dirtier look. After the look I thought maybe I should explain myself. So I told her it was to shoot up a worm for a sick fish. She gave out a huff, I'm guessing she didn't believe me. But she got one for me anyway. I asked how much and told her thank you and that I know it sounds crazy but I appericate it. Then I left. I turned on my street to come home and there was cop in the middle of the street. As I passed him he did a u-turn. My first thought: How am I going to explain the syringe if I'm stopped? At least I have the worms with me maybe he will belive me! He must had gotten a call, he zoomed past me and kept going. I gave out a sign of relief and pulled into my drive. Glad to be home! I'll probally never go back to that pharmacy. Mostly because I know they will be thinking: There's that crazy lady that tried to make me believe she wanted a syringe for a sick fish!

Now I'm going to try to get Annabelle to eat a worm first. If she goes for it I'll give her another later tonight with prazipro.

My mom had to buy syringes at the local pharmacy one time. The lady at the counter said, "I'm sorry, ma'am, but I need to ask you what you want this for." EVERYONE turned around. (We live in a small town. Everyone's in everyone else's business.) My poor mother had to explain that she wanted to shoot up her squash plants with anti-parasite meds!

And by the way, you really are the queen mother of all puffer mamas. Wow.

[fishlady1958]

maybe it's the remnants of all that went on in her gut for so long....is she acting funny?

[edmlfc1]

She's not acting funny at all. However she is funny haha funny. Anyway she's begging for food, swimming, blowing sand, goes into hunting mode when she see's one of the ghost shrimp that's now living in her tank. Apparently she still can't catch them. When I try to feed her an earthworm she swims away like the worm is going to eat her. Other than that she's acting pretty normal and back to her old self. The only thing she's not doing (that she did before this all started)
she's not playing give mommy a heart attack when I bury myself in the sand and she can't find me.

I put the gel-tek on her food again this morning then fed it to her. She ate it up. No problem. It says feed twice a day with gel-tek so tonight I'll feed her another small portion. She was mad at me earlier this morning, she wanted more food but I didn't give in. I just told her she would have to wait until I get home.

[Troender]

I would have been scared of worms too, after having that long disgusting thing coming out of my other end.

The not eating doesn't come from the meds, but from the IPs (unless the fish doesn't like the taste of the meds, of course). That's why she still eats, even though you give her meds. If she has IPs again, they haven't managed to make her so ill yet that she doesn't want food. She sounds like she's not ill, or you have started meds soon enough for your puffer to not feel the effects of the IPs yet. But either way you should finish the cure you have started her on. If she is ill, and the cure is stopped before it's finished (if this is a med that is to be given over a certain period of time), the IPs can develop immunity to the meds.

Good luck Annabelle! I am cheering for you! You deserve to be a happy and well puffer now!