how do puffer fish digest there food ? as they eat it in one go .
2007-02-01 00:10:38 · 8 answers · asked by marge s 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
When feeding puffers, the keeper must realize that they do not need to be fed often, especially the larger puffers. They are very good at begging for food and the owner must learn to resist the puffer’s charm. All puffers should have a well balanced and varied diet in order to mimic their natural diet as close as possible. This diet needs to include hard crunchy foods, such as snails, to curb the growth rate of their teeth. Puffer teeth, much like rodents, never stop growing and if crunchy food is not provided, the puffer will eventually be unable to eat and will starve to death. When you feed snails, be sure to avoid Malaysian Trumpet Snails, as their shells are too hard and can break puffer teeth.
The hunter/seeker puffers (those that actively look for their food) should be fed once a day while small and then as they mature into adults, their feedings can be reduced to every other day. For the larger hunters, lineatus and mbu, feedings can be reduced to feeding every 2 to 4 days.
The lurker/predators feed by waiting on or in the substrate for a tasty meal, such as a fish, to pass by. When it does, the puffer lunges at the fish and either eats it entirely, or does enough damage to kill the fish so that it can finish eating it. It then returns to the substrate to digest its meal and often does not move again for several days. This sedentary lifestyle means that as adults, the lurkers can be fed large quantities of food once or twice a week when they are adults. Size plays a factor in how often these fish should be fed and a recommended feeding schedule can be found in their respective profiles.
2007-02-01 04:34:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is puffer fish eat differently than the other fish?
2007-02-01 00:20:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
grew to become into the coastline at a lake or on the sea? If a lake grew to become into it brackish or clean water? What usa? that does no longer appear like a green observed Puffer to me in any respect. it may make it a splash greater handy for us to become conscious of it if we knew those few issues.
2016-11-23 19:51:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same way anything else digests food. They aren't the only animal that doesn't chew. Even humans chew but don't chew something to dissolving.
2007-02-01 00:18:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same way snakes do - chemicals in gut dissolve food. Oh, by the way, it's "their", not "there".
2007-02-01 00:20:30 · answer #5 · answered by artleyb 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they digest it no differently
2007-02-01 01:58:39 · answer #6 · answered by Just Emma 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the acid in their stomach
2007-02-01 00:16:03 · answer #7 · answered by Splishy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gay fish taste more salty!
ewww!
lol
2007-02-01 00:22:12 · answer #8 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋