Hey dudes
just wondering if your puffer vomits
I have a porcupine... fed him heaps last night and today i saw some food on the bottom of the tank.
No one else has put any food in it?
Do they regurgigate their foods? if yes why? bad food? over feeding?
it look like regurgitated food cause he would eat it and then spit back out
ive never seen any of puffers spit food out ever?? haha
just thought it was interesting??
Do Puffers vomit?
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j_wishbone
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crazedpuffer
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Re: Do Puffers vomit?
Porcs seem to regurgitate their food quite often... at least the ones I've had did.
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Re: Do Puffers vomit?
I agree, I've seen them do it. Not sure if it's because they over eat or some other reason.crazedpuffer wrote:Porcs seem to regurgitate their food quite often... at least the ones I've had did.
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blondenblue
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Re: Do Puffers vomit?
mine does it when he overeats 
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Myaj
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Re: Do Puffers vomit?
Yeah.. sloppy eaters. They often suck food in, chew on it, spit it out, suck it in, chew on it some more...
Yours may have missed some that it spit back out, or it was full, or maybe it just didn't like that particular mouthful.
Yours may have missed some that it spit back out, or it was full, or maybe it just didn't like that particular mouthful.
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blondenblue
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Re: Do Puffers vomit?
mine eats his food and fires what he doesn't want out of his gills
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j_wishbone
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Re: Do Puffers vomit?
haha seriouus?blondenblue wrote:mine eats his food and fires what he doesn't want out of his gills
how interesting
ohhh ok.. sounds like my porc is normal after ol'
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Re: Do Puffers vomit?
Bollo my SAP ate so much Blood Worm the first time I gave it to him that he was actually pooing blood worms 2 mins later
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blondenblue
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Re: Do Puffers vomit?
next time i feed him i'll see iv i can get a vid of him firing it out his gills he does it alot then goes back round his tank picking the bits up again
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Re: Do Puffers vomit?
Seen my solandri Budda take a bite out of a leather coral (only way they really have to examine new items in the tank is to taste them- kinda like when a shark grabs a surfer and spits them out). He will eat it and a few moments later spit it out. Must taste bad. My freshwater Congo Hoover has also eaten things and regurgitated them later. It was oysters for him and now he won't eat them- maybe they were going bad? I had just bought them the day before, froze them and thawed- didn't smell bad (they were already shelled- could know if they were alive when shelled) . He ate it and a hour later I found it on the bottom of the tank.
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Re: Do Puffers vomit?
Haha, my GSP threw his food up once. A stomach full of bloodworms. Ew. Then he ate them right back up and all was well again....
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ryverrat
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Re: Do Puffers vomit?
Do you have a puffer or a dog? seen dogs do the same thing- Wait maybe he thinks he is a dog faced puffer!pinkfloydpuffer wrote:Haha, my GSP threw his food up once. A stomach full of bloodworms. Ew. Then he ate them right back up and all was well again....
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pinkfloydpuffer
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Re: Do Puffers vomit?
ryverrat wrote:Do you have a puffer or a dog? seen dogs do the same thing- Wait maybe he thinks he is a dog faced puffer!pinkfloydpuffer wrote:Haha, my GSP threw his food up once. A stomach full of bloodworms. Ew. Then he ate them right back up and all was well again....
Maybe so80 gal brackish-3 Green spotted puffers
20 gal planted freshwater- dwarf puffers, south american puffer, ghost shrimps
10 gal planted freshwater-female crowntail bettas, L-187b Thomasi pleco, trilineatus cories
10 gal freshwater divided-crowntail betta, male and female halfmoon dragon bettas
5 gal freshwater-red cherry shrimps
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j_wishbone
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Re: Do Puffers vomit?
yeah i saw my dog do that too....daym?!ryverrat wrote:Do you have a puffer or a dog? seen dogs do the same thing- Wait maybe he thinks he is a dog faced puffer!pinkfloydpuffer wrote:Haha, my GSP threw his food up once. A stomach full of bloodworms. Ew. Then he ate them right back up and all was well again....
