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	Oscar tearing eyes out.
angeleel Fish Addict Posts: 561 Kudos: 472 Votes: 61 Registered: 08-Feb-2005	Just wanted to know if anyone else had this happen. Your oscars when you feed them live food do they pluck out the eyeballs first?? Mine do everytime, just wondering if all O's do that. I never noticed in past years if old oscars did this as well. Thanks Angel Eel
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
RustyBlade Mega Fish Posts: 987 Kudos: 1667 Votes: 391 Registered: 23-Apr-2003	Ewww no, ours just gulp on the rare times that they have live food that has eyes. Yours must have something against eyes? :%)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
angeleel Fish Addict Posts: 561 Kudos: 472 Votes: 61 Registered: 08-Feb-2005	They both do that they take out the eyes then they chase the fish around until it gets tired, then they rip the rest of the face off Every times no matter what type of fish, the size anything stops them from doing this. Just wondering if others do this sick thing. One day I'll get a video of the odd O's to show everyone. Angel Eel
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
kmlubahn6609 Hobbyist Posts: 148 Kudos: 127 Votes: 2 Registered: 02-Oct-2004	I believe that the eyes must be nutritious and easy to get off of a body. Whenever a fish dies in my tanks, the eyes go first. I've got a fever... and the only prescription... is more cowbell!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
angeleel Fish Addict Posts: 561 Kudos: 472 Votes: 61 Registered: 08-Feb-2005	I was thinking it was an attack thing. Take the eyes so it does not know where to go. I don't know, kinda funny and sick but hey. Angel Eel Last edited by angeleel at 29-Apr-2005 14:44
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
jester_fu Big Fish Posts: 395 Kudos: 522 Votes: 12 Registered: 26-Jan-2004	Can't say my guys eat the eye's first... but one has this thing about only eating the heads. It will swim around the tank with the tail of a fish haning out of it's mouth, but the instant it's finished the head... peeew... spits out the body and wont touch it again. Not even my other O will try to clean up the remains... guess he's not fussed on leftovers
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03


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