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THREE WEEKS NOW
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:37 pm
by EXVISOR
Well its been three weeks now and my puffer wont eat, he looks good doing his normal thing with the exception of he wont eat
Does not want the krill he use to eat, does not want shrimp-sqid-pellits-prawn or snails, instead he eats sand
No kidding he s eating sand and pooping sand, dont understand what thats all about but ive exhausted everything I could think of and now im just tired, theres nothing more I can do , its really in his hands now
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:13 pm
by Bred
You've seen him swallowing mouthfuls of substrate?
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:18 am
by laxratnd
Try soaking his food in some garlic before you feed them. The garlic entices them to eat.
stephen
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:31 pm
by K4tsujink3n
I second the garlic.
Also, make sure you're not getting anything like soap from washing your hands on the food. You can also try live black worms, if available to you.
GL
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 8:42 pm
by Pufferpunk
What live foods have you tried?
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 4:12 pm
by EXVISOR
I was not sure if he ws eating the sand unil I saw him poop sand
I he was raised on krill, krill is all he would ever eat, now he wont eat anything, ive tried kril-shrimp-sqid-prawn-algae-flake-pellits, soaked all ingarlic, he still wont eat, someone on a puffer forun told me they on on feeding strike sometimes, said he had one that did not eat for two months
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:35 pm
by Pamela
Could it be lockjaw, due to vitamin deficiency?
Pami.
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:17 am
by EXVISOR
NO, NO PROBLEM WITH JAW, HE BITS ON MY ROCK AND EATS SAND RIGHT NOW
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:56 am
by Bred
Are his teeth overgrown?