Baby care?

[RedSidedSPR]

Got a little solid black plastic container I'm sure will work.

HE didn't eat. At first I put him in the container for 10 minutes with 2 guppies, than after he willingly went into my hand i offered one to him like that, and than in his water bowl. No luck.

Any suggestions??

Let us know if the most popular feeding tricks work for you.

And that is?

[RdubSnider]

Ok. Update!!!!!! Don't worry about putting air holes in your feeding cup/box. My mistake,that could have messed up every thing. Lol

[RdubSnider]

Give him a few hours in the cup

[RedSidedSPR]

Really?? That seems pretty long... but ok.

[RedSidedSPR]

He's been in there for about an hour, and still hasn't eaten...

[ConcinusMan]

Then he's not frickin' hungry. Every year it's the same thing. My concinnus babies won't take their first meal for 10-14 days and every year I worry but they always eat eventually.(with few exceptions) This year, for the first time, the one I decided to keep from this last litter has been eating every day since day 4. That's quite an early start in my experience. Yolk is quite nourishing and you need to consider that they just got done absorbing what was left over when it was time to be born.

I would wait perhaps two days before trying again.

[RedSidedSPR]

Yeah, i left him in there for three hours, fish died, i just gave up. I'll give him a few days.

Are there any techniques I should know of for next time? Or should I just keep doing this?

[ConcinusMan]

You could talk to him. Give him a lecture about how important it is to start your day with a good breakfast.

[RedSidedSPR]

Been there, done that.

[ConcinusMan]

You don't have to let the fish go to waste. If they die, you can always freeze them. I'm sure he'll get to a point later when he'll eat them.