Fancy Goldfish With Overgrown Wen ~ Sun
The local vet researched and found where he can get the medicine MS 222 or better known as Tricane Mesylate. This medicine will be used as an anesthesia while the growth around Sun’s eyes are cut away. This vet is extremely good and has performed surgery on several of our animals. However, he has never done this procedure. He has never worked on a fish. He said he feels he can do the procedure and is quite confident it will go well. Here is a Wen Trim Surgery a fish named Panda went through. Here is another surgery using the medicine MS 222 on an Oranda. The local vet said the procedure will cost in the neighborhood of $250. I realize this is a specialty type of procedure and I am going to have it done on Sun because I want him to see. However, I want to make sure the procedure will take and the wen will not grow back and also I want to check further into this procedure.
In a couple of days I will be taking Sun to Kansas State University where they have a veterinary hospital specializing in many different things. I have talked to someone there and they do have the MS 222 and have done similar procedures before. Sun is going in for a consultation. They will exam Sun, discuss the procedure, and come up with a price should they do the surgery. I’m hoping the surgery will be a bit cheaper at K-STATE. I will weigh out my options at that point.
Sun is a happy fish and swims around fine and eats well. Basically there is nothing wrong with Sun other than he can’t see. If the surgery has great risk of loss of life I will not have it done. If the surgery has very minimal risks and Sun will not have to suffer any pain during the procedure we will proceed with having his Wen removed from around his eyes.
Also I hope to be able to video and/or take photos of the procedure.
Will update on Sun as things move along.
