My 2 year old res lately has been making a croaking noise, sort of like he's yawning. He mostly does this when the light is turned off, sometimes when the light's on. He's been doing this for a few weeks now and I'm starting to get a lil worried. Anyways, all the specs on the tank are good, wondering if it's as bad as an infection. Lemme know!
Generally any open mouth breathing besides yawning is considered to be a respiratory infection, but I wonder if it's that if it's only occurring at night. Is he trying to get your attention to get more food? Is there any mucus or anything coming from his nose? Can you better describe his setup?
JAX - - - Baby Boy - January 9th, 2011! (3 months old) 1 RES - 7" long - Umi (3.5 years old) 1 black lab/hound mix - Josie (1.5 year old) 2 cats - Mysti and Molly (6.5 years old)
I agree that this is likely a respiratory infection. Such infections need to be treated by a vet with antibiotics. The earlier it's treated the better. If you wait too long and it is an infection, then your guys chances of survival will decline.
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:49 am Croaking noise
