Is there such a thing as a high calorie fish food?
I have a female betta who was in excellent health until I went on holiday. A family member forgot to put the lid back on her tank and she jumped falling quite a long distance.
It took well over an hour to find her. I was on the phone for an hour while my poor hubby was crawling all over the floor looking everywhere! My feeling is she had been out of water even longer than that.
Amazingly when she was found she was still alive. She sustained quite a lot of damage - her top fin was completely shrivelled to a crisp. Her eyes are quite cloudy now but she still has sight, her back seems quite curved (but that might be because she's thin and looking bony).
Despite all this she is a quite a little fighter (no pun intended!) and she has bounced back from the brink. Fins are regrowing nicely etc. She's active and seems happy.
What worries me is that try as I might I can't seem to get her to gain weight. She's not losing weight currently either ,but if there is any other setback in the future I doubt she'd survive it as she must have no reserves.
I feed her small snacks throughout the day and she eats everything no problem!
She seems hungry but then - all my bettas always seem hungry!
I give her frozen white mos larve, bloodworm in small quantity, various betta specific pellets plus vitamin drops in her water. I tried live mos larvae but her sight is not good enough to catch them.
I'm wondering if I should try her on a little beef liver - but I don't know if that is okay for bettas? Anyone know?
Any suggestions will be very much appreciated.
I have a female betta who was in excellent health until I went on holiday. A family member forgot to put the lid back on her tank and she jumped falling quite a long distance.
It took well over an hour to find her. I was on the phone for an hour while my poor hubby was crawling all over the floor looking everywhere! My feeling is she had been out of water even longer than that.
Amazingly when she was found she was still alive. She sustained quite a lot of damage - her top fin was completely shrivelled to a crisp. Her eyes are quite cloudy now but she still has sight, her back seems quite curved (but that might be because she's thin and looking bony).
Despite all this she is a quite a little fighter (no pun intended!) and she has bounced back from the brink. Fins are regrowing nicely etc. She's active and seems happy.
What worries me is that try as I might I can't seem to get her to gain weight. She's not losing weight currently either ,but if there is any other setback in the future I doubt she'd survive it as she must have no reserves.
I feed her small snacks throughout the day and she eats everything no problem!
She seems hungry but then - all my bettas always seem hungry!
I give her frozen white mos larve, bloodworm in small quantity, various betta specific pellets plus vitamin drops in her water. I tried live mos larvae but her sight is not good enough to catch them.
I'm wondering if I should try her on a little beef liver - but I don't know if that is okay for bettas? Anyone know?
Any suggestions will be very much appreciated.