Ok so ive had my florida gar for about a month now and in that whole time ive only seen him eat ONE small piece of shrimp...the guy I got him from said he fed him tilapia and market shrimp...every day i put one or the other in the tank for him and he always seems interested but never eats...Unless hes eating the leftovers when I turn the lights out?? Would he have lasted this long without eating and are there any other methods I can try to get him to eat?
gar STILL not eating
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I have 2 floridas and they took a little over a month. One of mine, appeared to not eat for almost 45 days. In due time, they will eventually take food. They are slow to adjust to their new surroundings. I used a BBQ skewer with tilapia on the end of it. I dangled it in front of the gar. They eventually took it.
if all your prams are in line it should start to eat...to get my fl on shrimp i just held it infront of its face with my hand...so far of the year or so of hand feedings off and on it has only missed once...
phillydog1958;4295400; said:
thats awesome I use the skewers myself..no luck yet though but ill keep trying..hes not thin at all so maybe he eats when im not around