The Puffer Forum

hi, i got a green spot puffer almost 3 weeks ago. she was very very emaciated and sick looking in the fish store because she had been improperly fed. despite this, i decided to bring her home anyways to nurse her back to health and be a buddy for my green spot that ive had since the beginning of october. ive essentially been trying to fatten her up this whole time and have offered a wide variety of foods that i thought she could possibly eat even with her beak horribly overgrown. i knew before i paid for her that it needed to be trimmed, but shes so close to starving to death and very weak that i wanted to try and get her healthier before i tried the potentially stressful procedure. my question is, is there any way to somehow forcefeed her to get her healthier before this, or should i attempt to trim here beak as she is now since she will definately die if i dont. would i perhaps be able to skip the sedative to make it less risky since she is a very affectionate fish and seems to enjoy being handled (she will swim right into my open hand when i put it in to do tank maintanence and everything) Thank you in advance for any advice you might have, i really want to save her because shes such a sweetheart!

So sorry it's taken this long to respond. I was on vacation all week. Unfortunately, I'm afraid the puffer is gone by now? If not, I believe a puffer that size would be too small to force-feed.

Hope she's still alive... always buy healthy looking puffs! Buying sick ones that aren't taken care of by the lfs just makes them order more