Whats wrong with this betta?

[New2Betas]

I found this female DT betta today. Her belly was very large and gills red, what was wrong with her?

[kelly528]

Looks like constipation (or premature dropsy) and ammonia burns. Or possibly the gillsare just pigmentation...I have seen bettas with really red/fuschia gills underneath white before.

[BettaxFishxCrazy]

Poor thing :(

[New2Betas]

Thank you for the info. Poor thing! Her tail was clamped too. The bettas at Petsmart always look bad. Most of the females had stress stripes, and 2 females that were in cups next to each other were flaring at each other the whole time. They had some AMAZING males at Petco though. They had a Delta male blue butterfly and a VT yellow butterfly. Too bad I’m not looking for a male! Master Betta is the only man for me! (Shhhh don’t tell my husband)

[dramaqueen]

lol!!