Costipated Betta- How often Epsom Salt Bath? How Much?

New owner to female Betta. As per instructions, I was giving the little girl 6 pellets a day. Found out previous owner was only giving 2!!! She hasn't gone ';number 2'; in about 6 days.


3 days ago gave small amount of Pea only. 2nd day fed nothing. 3rd day tried spinach (she spit it out). Put her in a small bowl and gave epsom salt bath (1/2 tsp to 1 gallon H20). Still nothing-very worried as this is my daughter's pet and I love the little critter! When i put her in the bowl she flipped around a bit. is this what is called stress? I've read about adding various amounts of epsom salts-some say as much as 1 tablespoon to 1 gallon. What is a good amount? Should I keep giving her baths daily or is this too stressful. She doesn't seem like a fragile fish: plays in filter stream and rarely hides. I hope someone will help-i've tried to give this girl a really good home. She lives in a 5 gallon tank w/ filter at 76 degrees. Is the bath in small bowl too stressful? Can I add salt to big tank?Costipated Betta- How often Epsom Salt Bath? How Much?
When you offered the pea, was is the inside of the pea only? Smashed?





Typically, you can give a salt water bath for 5-10 minutes with the salt at 3 T per gallon. You pull the fish and try putting her back in her water.





Obviously, don't feed her any more food. She is in danger of becoming egg bound if she's constipated, and that gets more tricky.





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