Starving to death.

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nfored

nfored

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I have been really broke so I have not been able to buy Hikari. THis has been about 4 to 6 weeks. All the other fish got a clue and eat the generic food but not my dumb Oscar. He is like no no if its not Hikari I am not eating, and I have not seen him eat in a month. I finally broke down and eat noodles for a week so I could buy his dumb self Hikari tomorrow.

Never in my life have I seen an animal willing to literally starve to death then eat cheap food.
 
nfored;4567789; said:
I have been really broke so I have not been able to buy Hikari. THis has been about 4 to 6 weeks. All the other fish got a clue and eat the generic food but not my dumb Oscar. He is like no no if its not Hikari I am not eating, and I have not seen him eat in a month. I finally broke down and eat noodles for a week so I could buy his dumb self Hikari tomorrow.

Never in my life have I seen an animal willing to literally starve to death then eat cheap food.
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That's very nice of you. Seriously.
 
wow i have never had a fish do that....
 
I'll show this to my wife, and she'll stop calling me crazy:screwy:

seriously though...good dedication, ramen for a week is doable even if its not 'pleasant.' I'd work on figuring out how to train your oscar on cheaper food in the meantime.
 
man you just need to grab a shovel and go dig up worms... nevermind eating ramen cuz ur fish is a dummy lol... i would think a fish would be dead if they didn't eat for 4-6 weeks u sure he isnt just eating it off the bottom when ur not watching?
 
Bravo to your dedication, you obviously love your pets. I agree with TheRealAndyCook, mix the two for a week or two and it might start eating the cheaper food as you gradually reduce the hikari to nothing.
You could also try switching the cheap stuff to the bag, I know my fish are really visual. When I first swapped to NLS from Hikari they didn't get excited until it hit the water because they didn't know what was in the tub. When I picked up a Hikari packet they went nuts. Sounds dumb but it may stop you from having to starve to feed it.
 
In an alternate universe an Oscar is writing about how it trained its "dumb owner" to feed it what ever it wants... :ROFL:

Fish are strange. My Midas has changed what it likes all the time. It was raised on Omega One floating pellets and earthworms. It then went through a phase where it would not eat floating pellets or earthworms but only NLS sinking pellets picked off the bottom. Then it decided it liked the Pleco's algae wafers the best. It's finally eating everything again.

Thankfully my fish does not have me trained... :ROFL:
 
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