I got a shubunkin thats.. brain damaged I think. Some months ago when my pond emptied itself, he had laid dry on concrete for many hours (could have been as much as 12hrs) but survived. Now it struck me that while he is well alive, he is acting like he has brain damage. I thought it would get better, but its not. I'll try and make a video later, its kinda funny and sad; he swims more or less normally most of the time, although hyper kinetic and wiggling a lot more than any other fish. He does eat with the rest, but particularly while eating, but also for no reason he will make the weirdest moves, like a spastic, flipping, making underwater salto's, ramming his head against the pond bottom so hard that if he didnt have brain damage yet, surely he must have now; ive even seen him swim very fast inverted for short stretches.. Never saw any fish do that ever.
Its not flashing, it doesnt look like spawning behavior, it just looks like insanity. or loss of control. Wondering if I should try and put him out of his mystery or keep him as a village idiot. I suppose he's not suffering?
Its not flashing, it doesnt look like spawning behavior, it just looks like insanity. or loss of control. Wondering if I should try and put him out of his mystery or keep him as a village idiot. I suppose he's not suffering?
