Glad to hear. I would of personally just let him eat the thing at that point. Ive been giving my oscars comets here and there, and i feed em medium comets, 4 each a week. They eat the comets head first, and then swim around with the tail hanging out of their mouth for 3-4 hours sometimes just chilling. They will get it down, its just them nawing and digesting it. Like a snake. They also bring it back up and swallow it again. But this is just what ive noticed in the last 3 months of oscar keeping