Hi. I have a small 4" RTC that appears to have swollowed several gravel rocks. Does anyone know why he is doing this? Might he have some internal parasites and is trying to get rid of them by swallowing some gravel? I know sometimes RTC will injest rocks when eating, but this is excessive. Thanks
Small RTC eating gravel.
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Well it's been 4 days now and he still has the rocks in his stomach and is still eating normally. What do you think I should do? You would think he would have spit them out by now.
ewurm said:
I just hope they don't come out the back end- ouch! That's what you call a "ring stinger" I suppose theirs nothing I can do except wait and see if he passes them.
I have a friend with 7 rtc's and they are all about 2 feet long. He says when they go after feeders they scoop up a bunch of gravel, what doesnt come out when the spit, will come out the other end. They do pass gravel.
TankBuster said:
I'm sure a 2 footer would have no problems passing a little gravel, but mine is a baby at 3-4"!
My RTC had no trouble passing the gravel when he was small. He was constantly eating gravel but then I was feeding it shrimp pellets. My RTC is about 18 inches long and eating floating catfish food.
MY TIGERSHOVELNOSE DOES THE SAMETHING IT HASN'T AFFECTED HIM IT TAKE ALITTLE FOR HIS STOMACHE TO GO DOWN. NO WORRIES
Mine did the same thing...no sweat usually.
Hey Scott...Typing in all caps is considered shouting. Does'nt really matter to me but I thought you should know.
Hey Scott...Typing in all caps is considered shouting. Does'nt really matter to me but I thought you should know.