Over feeding a channel cat

[Behemoth]

I was feeding my channel cat some Hikari sinking wafers. And he kept swarming around looking for more...I usually just drop a couple in for him in the evening and he gets brine shrimp or blood worms in the morning.

Today he kept hunting for more food. I fed him 8 of the pellets. Now he has hid in a corner and his stomach looks bloated.

He is about 6 inches in length. Did I feed him to much?

 

[toehead11183]

most catfish can eat until they get that way and be fine. dont let his belly get too big.

 

[Wolf3101]

All you have to do with big cats that overindulge is not feed them for a day or two. Once they return to "Hunting" it's time for another meal. Lucy our RTC pigs out once in a while and then fasts for a couple of days. As long as you don't make it a habbit theres no real problem. In fact it's probubly a better simulation of life in the wild.

 

[Behemoth]

He seems fine this morning. I just have never seen him eat like that. I hope I havent been chronically under feeding him. He was moving around this morning...I dropped a wafer in just to see if he was still hungry...he passed on it...so I scooped it out.