HELP

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

You FAIL

says the man who feeds KFC to his gator gar. WOW!!!!

never mind not going there

any way im sorry for your loss. try again and careful with the plecos

gars rock and you know it

 

[E_americanus]

It was already too late, his fish had died.
Which means class is over, time for the final grade.

yeah, pointless, asinine post. if his fish died cut him some slack. when your gator goes of high-density fat bodies expect similar responses.

says the man who feeds KFC to his gator gar. WOW!!!

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

glad to know im not the only one who thought that comment was funny

 

[Gar keeper]

yeah, pointless, asinine post. if his fish died cut him some slack. when your gator goes of high-density fat bodies expect similar responses.

His KFC intake has been severely limited now. I now only feed him fresh large shrimp and occasionally a few goldfish. About once a week I feed him an oddball animal (IE. Mouse, frog, bird, beetle) to make him feel more at like he's still out in the wild.
In all reality all other gars should be jealous of my gar, he's in a great house, with loving and caring owners and room to grow. We spend allot of time admiring him and respecting his majesticness. He's got cable + HBO/Showtime and unlimited high speed internet access. He LOVES UFC nights and gets a front row seat for all the MMA events in High-Def.
Trust me, he's got it pretty damn good over here.

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

tank size?

 

[Gator]

His KFC intake has been severely limited now. I now only feed him fresh large shrimp and occasionally a few goldfish. About once a week I feed him an oddball animal (IE. Mouse, frog, bird, beetle) to make him feel more at like he's still out in the wild.
In all reality all other gars should be jealous of my gar, he's in a great house, with loving and caring owners and room to grow. We spend allot of time admiring him and respecting his majesticness. He's got cable + HBO/Showtime and unlimited high speed internet access. He LOVES UFC nights and gets a front row seat for all the MMA events in High-Def.
Trust me, he's got it pretty damn good over here.

So you still feed him KFC? Its obvious you don't listen to advise you ask for and have absolutely nothing to add to this forum besides half-witted humor.

To the OP sorry for your loss. Unfortunate lesson learned.

 

[Polypterus]

His KFC intake has been severely limited now. I now only feed him fresh large shrimp and occasionally a few goldfish. About once a week I feed him an oddball animal (IE. Mouse, frog, bird, beetle) to make him feel more at like he's still out in the wild.
In all reality all other gars should be jealous of my gar, he's in a great house, with loving and caring owners and room to grow. We spend allot of time admiring him and respecting his majesticness. He's got cable + HBO/Showtime and unlimited high speed internet access. He LOVES UFC nights and gets a front row seat for all the MMA events in High-Def.
Trust me, he's got it pretty damn good over here.

With a cut in the Terrestrial stuff it is a good move however cut that from once a week to once a month or so and it would be better.. I feed my gars the occasional odd stuff as well. when looking at it as a case of widely varying the diet it is not bad for it.

However....The fish does not know what "wild" is like so there is not much to thinking it would.. It is not in the wild for one and two it has no knowledge of it either. Captivity is not the wild and it never can be. Understanding this is the first step to successfully keeping predator fishes.

 

[xander]

His KFC intake has been severely limited now. I now only feed him fresh large shrimp and occasionally a few goldfish. About once a week I feed him an oddball animal (IE. Mouse, frog, bird, beetle) to make him feel more at like he's still out in the wild.
In all reality all other gars should be jealous of my gar, he's in a great house, with loving and caring owners and room to grow. We spend allot of time admiring him and respecting his majesticness. He's got cable + HBO/Showtime and unlimited high speed internet access. He LOVES UFC nights and gets a front row seat for all the MMA events in High-Def.
Trust me, he's got it pretty damn good over here.

my gar get strippers every friday night

i have to agree with richard in the above post mentioning the fact that he would not know what "the wild" is like. probably being captive bred, or too small to have experienced much "wild". hence it is pretty useless trying to make him feel "more at home"..in captivity a lot of things are compromised due to our limited facilities. so in every way possible, we should provide the best husbantry that we can. this includes not feeding items that would be detrimental to the gars health. imo too the oddball feeding should be cut too to once a month or less. you wouldn't need to be too consistant about feeding it mice...

 

[Gar keeper]

So you still feed him KFC? Its obvious you don't listen to advise you ask for and have absolutely nothing to add to this forum besides half-witted humor.

When I said his KFC in take was "severely limited " I ment he basically doesn't get it anymore. It wasn't like it was on a consistent basis, it was maybe like a total of 3 or 4 times. I do care about what people say on here and I care even more about my fish.

However....The fish does not know what "wild" is like so there is not much to thinking it would.. It is not in the wild for one and two it has no knowledge of it either. Captivity is not the wild and it never can be. Understanding this is the first step to successfully keeping predator fishes.

1st off thank you for the feedback, I want to understand.
Not trying to disagree, I was just thinking that the "wild" came from the creatures instinct. It knows that it's here to consume pretty much whatever it needs to in order to survive and is built to do so. I want him to maintain the mind set that he shouldn't have to wait for a signal or hold out for a certain food. If he's hungry and it moves then he should eat it, just like out in their natural habitat.


Also, if I may... I would like to request that my "Alligator Gar Food" thread: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=227297
Be unlocked because there is more about food that I would like to discuss and I don't like hijacking other peoples threads. I was serious when I asked if it's good to stuff some lettuce in a piece of shrimp. Are vegetables healthy for a gar?
Thanks

 

[xander]

1st off thank you for the feedback, I want to understand.
Not trying to disagree, I was just thinking that the "wild" came from the creatures instinct. It knows that it's here to consume pretty much whatever it needs to in order to survive and is built to do so. I want him to maintain the mind set that he shouldn't have to wait for a signal or hold out for a certain food. If he's hungry and it moves then he should eat it, just like out in their natural habitat.
Thanks

i think it must be mentioned again that fish do not think like humans and putting human-like thinking into an animal does not necessarily benefit it. by instinct, these fish are opportunitists, and no matter how well you "pamper" it, it wouldn't hold out for a certain food. if it's hungry, it'll eat. good that you care and listen, but the fundemental fact that fishes are not humans and do not think in the same way must be grasped. just like the concept of water changes, before progress can be made...