Help! I though my little dudes mouth was big enough but now the pellet is in his mouth and seems to be stuck. Can an Oscar choke? How can I help him?
I tried to feed my baby oscar a cichild pellet now it's stuck in his mouth
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As long as its not in for more than a couple hours he should be fine. They are real piggies when they are little and try to eat thing to big for them. If he can't eat it or spit it out you might need to help. As he pellet sits in the water it will get soggier and easily crushable.
I don't think it will be a problem, Mine often eats way more than it can fit into its mouth then sits there with the food sticking out until he chews some of it up. Most of which ends up coming out of his gills. Messy eaters, but I don't it will choke.
Yeah its should dissolve and he should spit it out.
If you see him start to struggle for air at the surface or acting funny, because it will restrict his gill action, Then your going to have to catch him and manually remove it so he doesnt suffocate.
Because with pellets that are too big like that, Fish can choke.
If you see him start to struggle for air at the surface or acting funny, because it will restrict his gill action, Then your going to have to catch him and manually remove it so he doesnt suffocate.
Because with pellets that are too big like that, Fish can choke.
UPDATE...He swallowed it...Sorry about the overreaction....this is my fist Oscar an sometimes I can be a bit high strung.
lol i love oscars-they are such drama queens. id recommend you just break his pellets in half for a week or so-then he wont be tempted to inhale it.
No problem..... you love your fish. I am like that with my fei feng flagtails...negative_tea;4647532; said:
