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  • nikkicoco11
    June 22, 2003 at 11:39 pm #18529

    i have a female db that is about 13 months old. she is showing the following symptoms – blinking a lot, swollen pink eyes, opens mouth while under the water very widely every so often. does anyone know what could be wrong? i took her to the vet about two months ago for these same reasons, and they put her on generalized antibiotics. i don’t think they knew what was wrong with her. all tests said she didn’t have respiratory problems…but that was a couple of months ago. i thought the symptoms went away, but now have reoccured since i did a full water change today. i know you aren’t supposed to , but i had to re-locate her tank. any advice is welcomed. for the night i put her in a seperate tub with no water and let her dry out (i thought maybe the new water bothered her eyes). thanks!–Lindsay

    Todd Stockwell
    June 23, 2003 at 2:15 pm #18533

    Did she seem to return to normal in dry dock? Hoping for the simplest solution first, blinking, swollen eyes, and gaping are sometimes seen after a complete water change with high chlorine tap water. Did you use any water treatments to de-chlorinate? If not, draw tap water into some clean buckets or other containers and let it stand overnight to reduce the chlorine effect. Let us know. Todd nikkicoco11

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