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Doing my pond duties this morning and noticed this on my showa ... knocked her out and checked inside her mouth, nothing there. Any ideas anyone?

Hi Chris,

I take it you mean the lump on the bottom of its throat and that it has never been there before

Just going a bit for a stab in the dark do you think there is any chance that something has got lodged in from a scrape or cut like a little stone or something and its skinned over or even possible something thats gone in through the mouth

this looks like this fish has swallowed soemthing to big for its gob and shut down on it shoving it through the throat , good grief i would love to cut this open and have a good look and thats what it may come to

dunc

What does it feel like can you feel anything in the lump ? I think Duncan is right you may need to cut to see what it is

stuck my finger in her mouth ... and it feels li something in the jaw line. That soft area below the jaw ... has the consistency of cartilage.

Dunc - we might be able to arrange something

Maybe a silly question but are you sure it wasn't there before and it's just become more noticeable as the fish has grown? It looks like a deformity to me at first look.

Ed, I honestly can't remember it being there before ... she's about 60 cm and it sort of has the shape of a wish bone.

ps... by the way, she eats like a pig and last year she spawned twice but she doesn't appear as laden with eggs this year as she did last.

boogatee wrote:Ed, I honestly can't remember it being there before ... she's about 60 cm and it sort of has the shape of a wish bone.

ps... by the way, she eats like a pig and last year she spawned twice but she doesn't appear as laden with eggs this year as she did last.

Fair enough mate. Will be interesting to see if Duncan can 'operate' and get to the bottom of it.

hows this fish going ? any news yet?

dunc

Some pictures of the opp if possible please.

if Chris bring it to me he can man the camera

From the picture it looks like the cartilage making up part of the bottom jaw has been bent against itself as it seems to blend in so well towards the back of the jaw, could it be this or is there no cartilage in this area? May be a silly question but it is the only way to learn.

My plan is to knock her out again this week end and have a good look, after that - depending on the results - I'll pm you Dunc and than we can arrange something. So will post more pictures on Sat.

New pictures ....

Hi Chris,

Is it me or does it look like there is something inside in the mouth

Also the last picture shows the lump and it looks a bit redish so there could be something going on here what did it feel like and did you also feel inside the mouth

Lot of help i am just seem to ask more questions