Thunder, my frustrating tail biter stopped biting his tail about 2 weeks ago, must be because he feels horrible, no energy to bite it. He also got severely constipated... or so I thought. He's always been prone to it, I fasted, I used pea, I gave a espom salt bath. He was still swollen. So I started feeding him again... and he pooped. Turns out hes not constipated. Hes got some sort of tumor, his belly is now so swollen and turning a pussy yellow color, more swollen on one side. He's had a good life with me, nearly 3 years, and the last 2 days he's been resting more and more. He's starting to look like he's in pain, and is clearly suffering. He can hardly swim the tumor weighs so much it holds him down.
Quite sad.
Anyway, I feel it is my job to help him one last time. I've frozen before, I've even druged and then boiled before... but I don't like either. I want to try clove oil, however I've heard conflicting stories with clove oil and bettas. Such as... since they breath air, they will try to jump out and gulp air. I can't handle that, I'd rather boil him as tramatic as that was for me. I'm looking for first hand experience. Have you used clove oil? Did it work fast on a betta? Did they try to jump out? Sigh. I'll pick some up tonight after work if you all convince me its safe.....
