Saturday, December 1, 2007

Fish First Aid

After the recent bunny crisis, I am even more paranoid than usual about our remaining pets (Rascal the rabbit and Nemo and Donkey th goldfish; yes, you can guess who named the latter two). We are watching the neighbor's two goldfish, also, while they are away and the one was having trouble staying away from the top of the water and swimming hard. I suspected swim bladder problems and reminded myself of the the suggested remedies. That consisted of adding some salt to the water, raising its temperature a little bit and feeding non-flake food. I did all that and went to bed with fingers crossed. This morning Brownie is fine, and trailing a poop as long as his body. Yes, constipation can also cause those problems. Another minor crisis averted. Now back to our regularly scheduled life. No wait, this IS that, I forget...

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