ray still not eating.

[furcifer158]

this is here in the box when I picked her up will try to get a better ones later

 

[dodgers86]

Wish ya luck buddy, I would hate to lose that beauty.

 

[furcifer158]

WELL FINALLY I THINK SHE ATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OVER 16 DAYS WITHOUT EATING.

 

[Fish Room Plus]

Good for you

 

[furcifer158]

I noticed two days ago some dark green poop in her tank and I thought she was eating some black worms because they started to disappear. I also think they might have started to go though the tank divided but today when I put some in with her he started to what looked like eat them. Two hours later there was some more green poop that started to turn brown by the end of the string of it. So I'm pretty sure she is eating now!!!!!!!!!! Thank You All for you help with this. She would have died without all your help.

 

[skynoch]

Great to hear. There's nothing worse than watching your ray fade away and feelng helpless.

 

[ShadowStryder]

Thats Super!

 

[snake_charmer]

I'm at almost 30 days now and my ray is slowly wasting away frustrating doing everything you can and still not have it come around for you. Sorry to bring up an old thread but I'm just searching through old post trying to come up with any other ideas.

 

[omojena]

Have you tried an isolation tank with high heat and metrodonazole? first off, the ray should have been in isolation/quarantine, if it is not, get it in a qt tank so that you can manipulate its environment easily. 40 gallon or so will be fine, bare bottom, good established biological filter, aeration, heat, some salt, no lights.

It can come back, just because it is skinny does not mean it is time to give up.


Run a course of Metro in an iso tank. Dose daily 1/4 tsp per 20 gallons, with daily 40 to 50% water change before each dose. offer food once a day and remove within 5 minutes if not eaten, easiest to feed right before water change. keep heat at 85/86F. feed live blackworms or candian night crawlers for best results. dose for 7 days.

do everything as stated above but leave the live blackworm in 24 hrs a day. i have had new imports not eat in front of me but the worms are all gone the next morning. also, try LIVE ghost shrimp. crush their heads and put right in front of ray. keep temp at 80 and do 50% water change ever day!