my puffer ate a golf ball

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To wean him onto dead foods, try feeding him two live feeders, followed by a dead one. After doing so for a week, start gradually using more dead feeders than live ones until he's taking dead feeders. Then start mixing freeze dried foods in with his dead feeders etc...
 
I suggest against ever feeding feeders to your puffer. Feed live crabs or earthworms, if you have to feed it live foods & then try your best to bounce dead ones off a string. I've gotten mine to eat people shrimp off strings (soaked in garlic), within 3 days usually.
 
Pufferpunk;2922804; said:
I suggest against ever feeding feeders to your puffer. Feed live crabs or earthworms, if you have to feed it live foods & then try your best to bounce dead ones off a string. I've gotten mine to eat people shrimp off strings (soaked in garlic), within 3 days usually.

People shrimp... lol
 
That puffer doesn't look too good... I'm glad you learned from your mistake.

But nice puffer though, I like the coloration. Is he all alone?
 
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