Looking for advice, meds from vets? Any fellow winnipegers?

[Fishluber]

Hello all!
Newbie to fishlore. Hopefully im posting this in the correct place.
Wondering if anyone one has any experience on getting any medications or treatments for their fish from a veterinarian? I understand we can no longer get medications over the counter in Canada. And if anyone has experience with this who they might suggest. I'm in winnipeg.
Thanks in advance!

 

[CHJ]

You can't medicate fish in Canada?
But you can buy super red Asian arrowanas...
Eek. That makes fish keeping an even scarier gambling game.
Wait, can you do a reverse US?
In the US people used to get fish antibiotics like Amoxicillin (FishMox?) and take them themselves because they couldn't afford doctors or pharmacies here.
Can you go to your doctor and get human drugs, then give them to your fish?
Maybe your vet now works like a PetSmart? Walk in the door, grab what you need, then take it to the checkout?
Is this an eco thing? Keep the drugs out of waterways? If you can already go to doctors and get meds I see no reason for people to be taking fish meds.

If I knew I could never get any fish meds, that would greatly reduce how much I'd spend on an individual fish. It might also give me a cut off for amount of personality a fish could have before it is a no-buy.

 

[Fishluber]

You can't medicate fish in Canada?
But you can buy super red Asian arrowanas...
Eek. That makes fish keeping an even scarier gambling game.
Wait, can you do a reverse US?
In the US people used to get fish antibiotics like Amoxicillin (FishMox?) and take them themselves because they couldn't afford doctors or pharmacies here.
Can you go to your doctor and get human drugs, then give them to your fish?
Maybe your vet now works like a PetSmart? Walk in the door, grab what you need, then take it to the checkout?
Is this an eco thing? Keep the drugs out of waterways? If you can already go to doctors and get meds I see no reason for people to be taking fish meds.

If I knew I could never get any fish meds, that would greatly reduce how much I'd spend on an individual fish. It might also give me a cut off for amount of personality a fish could have before it is a no-buy.

Lol. I know its strange. I'm not sure the reasoning behind it, I'm assuming it's environmental maybe? I was hoping others could shed light.

 

[Revan]

Honestly if you can't get stuff like this at an LFS, it might be best to just order it online, perhaps from Amazon

 

[Azedenkae]

It's because people may use antibiotics willy nilly and improperly for fish-keeping and generate a bazillion (over-exaggeration) antibiotic-resistant strains of microorganisms, hence restrictions (most likely).

It's also why places like India and Vietnam has really high incidences of antibiotic-resistance microorganisms developing, because people also get a. prescribed antibiotics willy nilly, and b. do not take them properly.

 

[MasterPython]

If you don't want to take your fish to the vet I would try ebay. Customs is not good at finding drugs in the mail.

 

[Diane 007]

Hi Fishluber, welcome to FL this link might help you out. I’m in Southern Ontario and fish meds are not easy to come by.
https://canadianfishvet.com/

 

[Fishluber]

It's because people may use antibiotics willy nilly and improperly for fish-keeping and generate a bazillion (over-exaggeration) antibiotic-resistant strains of microorganisms, hence restrictions (most likely).

It's also why places like India and Vietnam has really high incidences of antibiotic-resistance microorganisms developing, because people also get a. prescribed antibiotics willy nilly, and b. do not

Hi Fishluber, welcome to FL this link might help you out. I’m in Southern Ontario and fish meds are not easy to come by.
Canadian Fish Vet

Thank you. Ill check it out!

 

[MasterPython]

because people also get a. prescribed antibiotics willy nilly, and b. do not take them properly.

In India antibiotics are completely unregulated. So if a chemist feels like whipping up a batch of the latest and greatest new antibiotic tto mix with animal feed no one stops them.