Smooth hound. Jumped..

[speedjester]

Well today I came home and found one of my smooth hounds had jumped out of the pond. (He was still breathing) I placed him in front of the wavemaker and moved him around the pond. But now he’s just sitting on the bottom not moving.. I checked the video and he was out of the pond for almost an hr in 92* temp. My question is what are the chances he’s going to survive. He appears to be breathing normally but doesn’t react to stimuli.. anything I can do for him?

Thoughts opinions.


And before anyone asks. There was a double layer of cargo netting he managed to shoot up and wiggle through both nets. Smh

 

[dodojojo]

he managed to shoot up and wiggle through both nets. Smh

Where there's a will, there's a way and those buggers seem to never run out of willpower.


Realistically best thing to do is keep an eye on it. I've seen some smooth hounds jump and survive some really nasty falls and others that didn't make it from a minor incident.
Check the respiratory rate every so often while it's sitting on the bottom and note any changes to help you watch for a decline in condition. If you have any way to increase the amount of O2 in the system, that never hurts either.

Best of luck!!

 

[Aspect]

Who knows what kind of damage that could have caused. Best bet is to get a marine vet out to look at him.

 

[speedjester]

Who knows what kind of damage that could have caused. Best bet is to get a marine vet out to look at him.

He’s doing fine. Next day was like nothing happened. Eating and swimming as usual.

Ty