oscar dislocated jaw need help!

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gyroflare

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last night my oscar kinda freaked out after taking a bite at the new heater that i was adding, and rammed himself into the glass. i was still on oscar fish. com at that time so i went back to the computer without minding oscar, and it was about half an hour later did i go back and check ocsar before going to bed, did i notice that his lower jaw was slanted/displaced. he was having a hard time opening and closing his jaw last night but this morning (although still displaced) he can use it pretty much like normal, but still had a bit of a problem intaking guppies, he can't really do a powerful strike.(i decided to feed him small guppies cause they were alot easier to swallow and chew than pellets.) and he basically acts normal, does his feed me dance and everything.

ammo:0
nitrite:0
nitrate:somewhere between 10 and 15ppm
is there anything i can do to help him?
will his jaw fix itself? afterall it isn't really slanted.
i just feel so bad for oscar.
thanks.
 
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sorry about the greenish background. my tank in infested with algea.(which i don't really mind.)
you can also notice that the creavice on either side of the lower jaw is opened differently. the one on the left side of the lower jaw is opened wider.
and the lower jaw is slanted to the left(your right)
thank you again.
 
Fish that are capable "sucking in" prey with their mouths (like an oscar) are able to do so by cranial kinesis, the ability to move different parts of the skull/jaw relative to each other.. It might correct itself with time. I wouldn't worry too much yet.
 
I had an Oscar that got his mouth stuck open once from eating a fish that was too big for him. It stayed that way for about 3 days and then slowly closed. I would just wait it out and see if it realigns itself on it's own.
 
thanks for your replies. but what if he doesn't heal himself?
 
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