Can I please get help!!!

[Shadow fisher]

I think the best course of action is to wait and see, since the suction cup is deep in the fish's digestive tract and any intervention to remove it would probably cause more harm than good. RTCs are tough fish and don't die easily, in all likelihood it will eventually pass the cup.

I'd avoid feeding it for a few days, since the addition of more food might cause an impaction. You can feed him some roughage (e.g. algae wafers or blanched veggies) afterwards to help him pass the cup.

Crap man, I had just fed him some pellets. Would that be ok? I heard that kind of overfeeding him would make him more likely to throw it up

 

[Conchonius]

Should be fine, these cats face far worse in nature. Old wels in Europe sometimes have rings and nails in their bellies, swallowed decades ago and lodged in the stomach for all that time.

Keep monitoring him for bloat or any changes in behavior, feed him lightly, and otherwise let him rest and see if he passes the cup on his own. That would be my advice.

 

[qldmick]

Could be worse,


All the best tho.

 

[danotaylor]

Could be worse,
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All the best tho.

Is that a Murray cod? That’s a lot of golf balls!

 

[qldmick]

Yep Murray Cod
Also found with ducks, turtles etc. in stomachs.