The Puffer Forum

Well I did it and cut my puffers teeth. It was harder then I thought since i did not want to break his jaw(not sure if that can be done). But although i did cut his giant teeth he now has one tooth that is slightly longer and more jagged then the other one I don't want to sedate him again. those teeth were not easy to grasp with those cuticle cutters. He seems ok now other than he seems to have his mouth open pretty wide. He is very small its a Valentini puffer thats 2" at best. when we gave him snails he flips them over and kills the snail that way he does not try to crunch them. Any suggestions.

Try feeding him food on a bit of slate or something, so when he picks up the food, it scrapes down in teeth. Good on you for cutting them!

Yes, you can break their jaw. Can you post a pic that shows how jagged they are now?

Try feeding smaller snails. My puffer does the same thing, and I found that the smaller the snails are, the more he has to crunch through the shell. Plus, he has to eat more of them to get a real meal, so he has to crunch through even more snails. That's why I keep a breeding tank, because none of the lfs around here have enough of a supply of small snails. And it's really easy.

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Perfect shot of the teeth! It looks to me that you only cut 1 of the 2 teeth & you need to get the other one cut or he's going to have a great deal of difficulty eating. It is also possible that the puffer will try to bite into something hard & break that entire long tooth. If you are using Finquel, there is no problem tranqing him again.