lucke1200
07-18-2006, 5:37 PM
I have a albino Tiger oscar a year old and last night we feed him some feeder fish and when he was chasing one he ran into the glass and his jaw isn't closing and he can't eat. We put some medicine in his water but i don't know what else to do.. please if u have any ideas i would really apriciate it..
plah831
07-18-2006, 5:45 PM
it sounds like a broken jaw. unfortunately, there's probably not much that anyone can do for it. fishes have a LOT of bones in their skulls (like in the hundreds), especially in the very flexible jaw elements, and they're all so little and complicated that i think it's unlikely it can be fixed. sadly, i don't know of any veterinarians that operate on fishes.
just to be sure, though, let's see if anyone else has any input.
liv2padl
07-18-2006, 5:51 PM
net the fish and use your fingers to close the jaw .. it may be displaced in which case, closing it will 'fix' it.
How often should I feed my oscar feeder guppies or feeder gold fish
the answer is simple. NEVER
here's the problem: "feeder fish" are almost always maintained at your LFS in very overcrowded tanks with poor water quality. they're not fed a nutritious diet, almost always harbour numerous pathogens and parasites and are thus in very poor condition.
if you feed these to your healthy fish at home, your fish will contract one or more of these pathogens and parasites. moreover, since these feeders are not fed very well, they contain very little nutritional value for your fish.
the best food for your oscar is a varied diet consisting of various quality pellets manufactured by such as Hikari, OSI and others. freeze dried krill, earthworms obtained from you garden (never from an area treated with pesticides or fertilizers), crickets, grubs and other "live" foods that you find yourself are also good.