The Puffer Forum

I have live crabs that I sometimes feed my 2 GSPs. I haven't fed them crabs in about 2 months, but they usually love them and chomp away. Now they're not keen at all on the crabs (there are 3 living in their tank with them!). The crabs are no bigger than I usually give them.

They're eating other foods, snails, frozen shrimp etc, but I wonder if their teeth are getting a bit long? How long does it take for their teeth to get too long for them to eat, if, for example, I wasn't feeding them anything but soft foods like bloodworm or whatever?

Thanks!

They will eventually eat the crabs. I don't know how long it takes their teeth to grow, but if you're feeding snails it should keep them worn down.

Good job on adding the crunchy foods. You puffers thank you! I wouldn't worry about them not eating the crab. They're just being weird, which is what puffers do best. Give them a break from the crabs, then try them again. Since they're eating good food, and in normal portions, they're perfectly healthy.

Thanks guys, I sat and watched them for a few hours, and as soon as I turned out the lights they went into hunt mode and found them all. Now they're fat, happy little puffers. Thanks for the reassurance.

No prob.