Food for Alligator Gar

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tilapia, cod, salmon, squid, shrimp etc etc etc...

pellets eventually would be good as well.
 
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i feed my 33inch aligator gars small local cichlid fish , known as chira over here in pakistan. i also feed them dola, a local snakehead species. i buy them in bulk from local fishermen, so it costs me very very cheap, its 100% organic, natural prey, natural food. my gars are now 11 years old and i feed em once a week.
get yourself feeder fish, if not, go to a local grocery store's meet section, but fish from there,ONLY fish and shripms. buy 2 or 3 kgs, make small bags, put em in ur freezer, defrost fully before serving :D
 
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small pieces 'Sprattus sprattus'...love to eat..:)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_sprat
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my gars, both of them, are picky
will only eat siverish or whiteish live feeders
they ignored those orangeish and reddish one

they are tricky and weird lol
 
I feed primarily pellets I feed a mix of 6 different pellets. the highest percentage of my mix is from game fish pellets and crocodile pellets. I feed it to a few different species and they all really like the crocodile pellets. high protein and large but they are easy to over feed. I also give rats, mice, and small chicks on occasion when the other pets don't eat. oddly enough my gar doesn't like fish all that much.
 
I feed primarily pellets I feed a mix of 6 different pellets. the highest percentage of my mix is from game fish pellets and crocodile pellets. I feed it to a few different species and they all really like the crocodile pellets. high protein and large but they are easy to over feed. I also give rats, mice, and small chicks on occasion when the other pets don't eat. oddly enough my gar doesn't like fish all that much.
Hi bro how did u get them to take pellets plz advice me how to accustum them to take on a pettet based diet ??
 
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