My little dude is a hog. When I put frozen bloodworms in the tanks he will take the hole cube in the corner, wait for it to thaw a bit then swallow all the worms. He is only about 2.5-3" now. Its so many worms that they literally come out of his gills and it looks like a beard of bloodworms. It doesnt seems to bother him, but it sure looks freaky and scares me that he'll choke.
Can an Oscar choke?
- Thread starter eatingleg4peanut
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eatingleg4peanut;4383423; said:
It's fine. I've watched one of my bichirs swallow an earthworm only to have to whole thing exit one of his gills... He just turned around and swallowed it again!
I doubt the blood worms will choke it, but yes they can choke if they try to eat somthing too big and it gets stuck.
geronimo69;4383428; said:
my bichir did the same with a khuli loach i caught it on video!
back to the thread i put my cubes in frozen my o can quite easily swallow 3 or 4 whole dont worry about it
Same here...I only give him 2 cubes but at different times cause he will swallow both at the same time.
geronimo69;4383457; said:Ok, had to ask... when are you uploading the video??
here u go!
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ok failed for some reason heres the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9DdVjr5nbk
its an ornate bichir mate,
back to the thread you will find when an oscar eats anything most of it comes out through their gills its just how they eat dont worry
back to the thread you will find when an oscar eats anything most of it comes out through their gills its just how they eat dont worry