The Puffer Forum

ok, i know its not a dire emergency, but i figured since i t as a health related question i'd ask it here. how do you feed your puffer peas if its constipated? and how many? i think Ra might be, he keep looking like he's trying to go and then a really small very very thick dark brown piece comes out, and then it looks like its snipped off, and then whats left goes back inside of him. is this a sign of constipation? i'd still like to get him at leas one pea so that even if he's not it will ensure that he won't. so can anyone help me as to how to feed your puffer peas and how many to feed (Ra is about 2 inches long)

Every now and then, I give them to Shakespeare just for the vitamins, he's the only puffer I have that likes them. I just pull the skin off(so it doesn't get spat out in the tank, which WILL happen) and toss it in, he goes RIGHT for it.

Shelby loves them. I peel the skin off too just because it does get really messy,

well i tried it, i pulled the shell off and stuck it in there. he didn't seem to interested in it when i was holding it for him, he nipped my finger instead and then swam away. i noticed him take a bite out of it a few minutes later when it was sitting on the bottom of his tank, and then spit it out, but when turned to go get a drink, and when i came back the pea was gone. he must have eaten it, i looked all over the tank to see if he just moved it. either he finally decided to be a good boy and eat his veggies or he's learning to be sneaky and hide his greens so he can get dessert. lol

i just grabbed some out of a bag of frozen mixed veggies in found in my freezer and then nuked them in a microwave for about a minute.

Frozen is best, canned peas are cooked so they are devoid of some minerals, and aren't as healthy.

side19 wrote:i just grabbed some out of a bag of frozen mixed veggies in found in my freezer and then nuked them in a microwave for about a minute.

Possibly a stupid question, but doesn't nuking the pea kill of some of the nutrients??? or is this what every one does???

Homer wrote:

side19 wrote:i just grabbed some out of a bag of frozen mixed veggies in found in my freezer and then nuked them in a microwave for about a minute.

Possibly a stupid question, but doesn't nuking the pea kill of some of the nutrients??? or is this what every one does???

i read a few article after searching the word peas in the forum and a couple people said they'd nuke them for under a minute just to thaw them out so they could be fed to the puffers. i have no idea what it does as far as nutrients are concerned, i never thought about that. i was just going off of what i was reading from the few posts that said how the people feed the peas to their puffers.

Thanks for that info... and i guess if the pea is used more for constipation, then maybe the nutrients don't matter too much???