I want my gar to start eating pellets how can i do that the only way i can feed him is by handfeeding him feeders which i got bit but didnt hurt because hes small.
Need help want gar to eat pellets
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Maybe you should try hand feeding it pieces of fish fillet (tilapia) and shrimp, and then try pellets from there?
starve for a few days and offer bloodworm. then when he is taking bw starve again for couple days then try bw soaked pellets.
or you could just go cold turkey - a hungry fish wont starve itself....
or you could just go cold turkey - a hungry fish wont starve itself....
I want my gar to start eating pellets how can i do that the only way i can feed him is by handfeeding him feeders which i got bit but didnt hurt because hes small.
Whether or not you should try anything which involves starving the Gar depends exclusively on how big he is.
For a baby gar, pellet-training via starvation is a very bad idea.
For all my gars (FL and Gators), I had the following regime:
1. From 4" to 6"-7": feeders, blood worm
2. From 6" to 10": Blood worm, Jumbo Krill, prawns
3. From 10" to date (18"-20"): Hikari pellets, a range of fresh sea-food primarily consisting of Prawns and whole fish (silver sides and Golden Anchovies).
since you say the gar is small, i would just offer qurantined feeders.
Do not attempt the starvation method, that usually only works on older juvenile gars.
Young gars need to have food readily available to them.
Do not attempt the starvation method, that usually only works on older juvenile gars.
Young gars need to have food readily available to them.
Make sure ur gar is abt 8" and abv before starving them,if u start starving them younger,they might die.After starving for abt a week,drop some pellets.*Beaware that sometimes floridas and some others take a longer time than gators to be converted to pellets
they might. a lot of my gars required little or no starvation/"training". they will tend to just accept pellets. that being said, they should have feeders available to them 24/7 until they are ~8"