NEWBORN PUPS: NOT HUNGRY??

[keepinfish]

So i had 4 pups may 27th, 3 weeks old tomorrow.

Each litter she has the bigger the pups are and the fatter they are. The last litter had a few pups that took a couple of weeks to eat. This litter none of the pups has eaten yet, i have already sold them all, and they are not in my possession. But they went to good fish keepers.

Just wondering if anybody has seen this before, am i overfeeding the mama? She went about 103 days... pups all seem healthy and active.

 

[skynoch]

My last batch some took close to this long to eat. While the first batch fed after 4 days.

 

[arowana]

Tip:
Just rise the temperaturelevel to 31-33 degrees and feet them living tubifex or chopped earthwurms when the light is out.

 

[flamenco-t]

Sometime it's normal for them not to eat. They're still "full" from the time they were inside the bellly. I know a few ppl with ray pups that took several weeks to eat. The best thing to do is make sure that food is available (blackworms and nigthcrawlers), lights out and let them get used to their surrounding

 

[keepinfish]

it seems they are taking longer and longer to eat each litter.

 

[turkeyboy85]

keep does the number of days that her pregnancy keep going up?

 

[jwong1024]

they are probably still full, and that hunger has not settled in. Once they are hungry, there instinct to hunt or eat should kick in. Its almost like you are acclimating new WC ray pups. you gotta keep offering food until it eats.

 

[keepinfish]

keep does the number of days that her pregnancy keep going up?

nope

101 days
105 days
103 days

 

[T1KARMANN]

try feeding the same as you feed the adults worked well for me

pellets for the adults pellets for the pups

 

[vamptrev]

one time mine wouldnt eat because i was doing to many water changes and another time i moved them to soon...

there r alot of little things that can delay them...

ditto on all the above comments