The Puffer Forum

Ok latest update. I tried brine shrimp on the puff... as a last resort. I know they don't have high nutrition value etc, but well, better than it not eating right? The previous time I tried brine shrimp it ignored it totally. Today, it was making an attempt to catch some and ate some. It was totally...

I've tried everything under the earth that I can lay my hands on... nope doesn't work. It even ignores crippled shrimp. Dead shrimp, bloodworms (both live and frozen), prawn meat... etc. Ignores them all.

:P I was wondering how on earth I was going to get anything (other than a needle) to reach the tummy. Lol... ok. Yeah, the mouth of the syringe was long enough for it to swallow. It's still chasing shrimp now, haven't caught any. Hopefully after time it will start eating normally. I'm amazed at its ...

urm... no. But I think it swallowed the food. The syringe does not have a needle attached... and I don't think I can get hold of a needle here, or a long enough syringe to reach the tummy.

Ok I fed him some minced bloodworms with vitamins via a syringe. I think some food got into him/her at least. Let's hope that it will start eating on its own....

You fed him with a syringe and he is eating now? I feel a sense of hope for my fish then. Shall attempt to do so later.

syringe.... alright. I'll go hunting for that. Maybe I'll try the garlic oil first.

He does try to nip shrimp. but hasn't succeeded yet. Thanks...

Alright, I've trimmed the teeth. Now I can no longer see the teeth from the front, and thank goodness, no lip was cut off. It is still not eating. It seems to have stopped chasing shrimp also. I've no longer any idea what to do. It has such a willpower to live that it seems almost a tragedy to just ...

I'll give it a shot later today. Wish me good luck... Your puff is so nice and chubby. I only wish mine would put on some weight. He/she is such a doll, and I just can't bear thinking of it starving to death...

Yikes.. another teeth trimming. Would you suggest using clove oil then? I'm worried that it's weak cos it hasn't been eating. Even though it doesn't give signs of being weak. It was flying across the tank the whole day chasing shrimp... albeit unsuccessfully.

Hmm... I tried manually squeezing raw garlic juice, it didn't work. Unless you're talking about commercial stuff, then I've never tried it. Anyway, this is a pic of its teeth. Can someone tell me if it needs trimming... thanks.

For the last two days, she has been seen to frantically chase ghost shrimp around, trying to nip them. I think she's hungry. Unfortunately, she tends to attack the shrimp head on, and thus never succeeds in nabbing them. I tried to give her a hand, by semi- injuring one or two shrimp, but she ignore...

No... still alive.

But not eating. She's awfully thin.... My latest post... the one that says she's not eating updates the situation...

I can see them a little, but they don't look like vampires. I trimmed them just a month ago. Anyway, if they're overgrown, he'll at least try to eat the food, but spit it out or something? He doesn't even go near food....

How am I going to deworm when it doesn't even eat anything?

It doesn't even try to eat. That's the problem. It has absolutely no interest in food... and no, there's no red fringe stuff near the anus