Force feeding my blue spot ribbon tail plate eating snake fish

[daniella3d]

wow, this is a great story to read!

Hope you'll succeed and he'll eat soon. It takes a lot of dedication to do this.

[lockrookie]

I've been off and on about getting one and you are slowly tempting me to go for it. Glad things are looking up for you. I'm still torn between the smaller California rays and the blue spot


Sent from my porcelain aquarium

[naesco]

I am the only one that finds this post objectionable.
Taking a fish that posters admit is extremely difficult to keep alive and attempting to feed it by force feeding it through a tube.

My God what is this hobby coming too!!

[Proteus]

I've seen them hand feed

This animal would have died already in another's care. I applaud the dedication

[jorjef]

Originally Posted by naesco

Taking a fish that posters admit is extremely difficult to keep alive and attempting to feed it by force feeding it through a tube.

Should have konked the bastard on the head and thrown him on the BBQ instead. Why waste the time trying to feed him right?.

My God what is this hobby coming too!!

Fish with dumb hats?

Not really sure what kind of answers you were looking for.

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by naesco

I am the only one that finds this post objectionable.
Taking a fish that posters admit is extremely difficult to keep alive and attempting to feed it by force feeding it through a tube.

My God what is this hobby coming too!!

I, for one, am incredibly impressed with Spit.Fire's dedication and commitment to the animal in his care. It shows a great deal of integrity, as far as I'm concerned, and I applaud his efforts at successfully getting nutrition into an animal that would otherwise perish.

In the interests of full disclosure, I do help my bestie force feed a rescue lizard that she's recently brought into her care.

[jorjef]

Originally Posted by naesco

Am I the only one that finds this post objectionable.

Apparently you are, not even sure why you would find it objectionable.

[smokinreefer]

that is dedication.
good on you bro.

when i had one way back in the day, i fed it frozen smelt, from the supermarket.


i'd cut a few chunks and bury most of it under the sand. so that it could "hunt" like their natural behaviour.

i'd hand feed chunks of smelt too. but man, if they bite you, they got a good grip! it'd let me "pet" it too!

very cool animal. hope your efforts are rewarded and the stingray comes around.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by naesco

I am the only one that finds this post objectionable.

I quite often agree with what you have to say, but this time I am actually shocked. I would think you of all people would commend the OP for taking the necessary steps to save the ray. Not many people could or would do what the OP has in order to help his ray. I agree the ray isn't the best choice for captivity by far, but if everyone was educated in force feeding then we would lose a lot less fish to starvation.

The OP gets standing applause from me.

[spit.fire]

Originally Posted by naesco

I am the only one that finds this post objectionable.
Taking a fish that posters admit is extremely difficult to keep alive and attempting to feed it by force feeding it through a tube.

My God what is this hobby coming too!!

So you're objecting to the fact that I was given a fish that was imported and wouldn't eat and dedicating my time and money every night at 2am when I get home from work to try and save a fish from a certain death?

Anyways....



He seems to have become a lot more active since I began feeding him and he started to sift sand quite a bit throughout the night. Not to sure if he's eating on his own yet as he gets all mad and puffs up when I go anywhere near the tank. Ill continue feeding him until I can visually confirm that he is eating on his own.