Food fight again -- locked mouths.. (sort of)

[ConcinusMan]

I think it's only a problem if teeth puncture the soft gum tissue around the inside edges of the mouth. If that didn't happen, you're OK. You would know by now. There would be visible swelling.

[RedSidedSPR]

Good... I'll still be watching to make sure, but I'm thinking he'll be fine.

No more dish-feeding.

[ConcinusMan]

Well, you saw how I do it. I do usually feed small groups of babies in their enclosure. But to keep that from happening (and to keep them from swallowing substrate) I keep the bites small, and I have to play referee, lol.

[RedSidedSPR]

I do too. I feed little peices of fish and worms, from the 'stats, and have never had a problem. I'm always watching. Playing ref. This time, was trying to get the new guy eating silersides and I figured, heck, I'll just mix it up in a dish.

[ConcinusMan]

In a case like that, I would put him in a separate container with the food, and give him some time to calm down and find it.

[RedSidedSPR]

Yeah.

I did it like this to get my anery AND my flame eating... they needed to have the food mixed in a dish. They both ate their first silverside meal side-by-side out of the dish in the cage. Figured i'd just do it again, since he wouldn't take them from the stats...

Mistake, and i won't do it again... unless they're alone.

[ConcinusMan]

he wouldn't take them from the stats...

Keep trying, they'll get the hang of it eventually. Once they get conditioned to it, they see those stats and just go bezerk and chase it.

[RedSidedSPR]

Oh yeah he does now! After the dish. He took the worms and stuff off the stats, he just didn't want silversides.

He's the most aggressive little guy I've ever seen. He nails 'em off the stats.

Well... not as aggressive as my flame when there's live guppies involved.

[ConcinusMan]

You want to talk aggressive...

Amy and Tango come flying out of their hides, with mouth open if I just get near their tank. They act like I starve them.

[RedSidedSPR]

Well, if i move my finger in front of my flames hide, and sometimes just reach in, he'll do that... but this guy mostly just aggressive when he actually sees/smells it.