fishylady

here are my 2 baby puffers

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Peterpiper

Very cute! they look small, what size are they? Are they eating well?

Bill

Sweet! Green spotted puffers are so pretty.

fishylady

well i just got them yesterday....and the brown one died already....i know they dont look very good..... but we have 5 petstores around us and none of them have snails ?? so i dont know what im gonna feed her i did give her bloodworms to tide her over she seemed to take a few bites but she ignored the flake food..one of the guys on the other message board said hed send some snails but i dont know its supposed to be so cold.....anyone have any ideas on what else to feed her ??

Sam Livingston

Puffers teeth are like rabbits, they continually grow. They need to have snails to file their teeth down or else the teeth overgrow and the puffer will starve to death because can't eat. I have thousands of snails, and sell them $5 per 50, for as many as you would want, plus the cost of shipping which is usually $5 for every 100 shipped. Send me a message on here or to sirsamuelt@yahoo.com I sell them on ebay all the time and they arrive alive and healthy even in the cold. I suggest keeping some for you to breed that way you will never have to search for more snails for him to eat. Frozen bloodworms is really the only other thing I've seen my green spotted puffer eat, they will not even think about touching flakes. Small crabs and crawdads would also suffice for them to eat.

armadillo

There's got to be a petstore in your area that has pest snails, surely. Ours give them to us for free.

If I were you, I'd start a snail farm, as if you put the snails directly in the puffers' tank, they wont' get to reproduce and you won't have a sustainable supply.

You find snails a lot in plant tanks at pet stores.

We feed our dwarf puffers (I know, not the same as green, but it's at least some grounds for comparison) red blood worms as a staple diet, and snails as a treat.

Having said that, only some puffers' teeth keep growing and thus require shelled invertebrates in their diet. Do double-check whether green puffers are in that category.

We feed our hognose puffer (way larger fish) frozen shrimps. And I really mean huge shrimps. Like the size and width of your finger. That can work for your puffer too, as they'll have to break the shrimp's exoskeleton.

Just some thoughts. I hope they help.

Sam Livingston

Green spotted puffers are in this category, there teeth overgrow if they do not have something to keep them filed. With armadillo's mention of frozen shrimp, I'm thinking live shrimp may also be good treat for them, maybe ghost or cherry.

steveangela1

The petstore where I bought snails at sold them to me at 10 cents a peice just because she had to use a bag... a lot of stores will do that or just give them away.

staindskin

the puffer on the left looks like he may have some internal prasites, skinny and slightly bent.....did you treat them for this at all. Also are you keeping them in brackish water