I'm asking this out of pure curiosity. This is has nothing to do with any fish that I currently have.
Having had a few fish who, usually after a stressful shipping, seem to lack the energy to eat or recover drift off and die. I was wondering if force feeding has been done successfully with fish and if its an option we could be prepared for?
I personally keep syringes and corn syrup on hand as I help with rescue animals and that is the best way to revive a crashing mammal. I have tried this once on a fish that had swim bladder issues and though it eventually died it did seem to last much longer then it usually would.
I also have feeding tubes on hand and know how to use them with a mammal. Are fish roughly the same?
Having had a few fish who, usually after a stressful shipping, seem to lack the energy to eat or recover drift off and die. I was wondering if force feeding has been done successfully with fish and if its an option we could be prepared for?
I personally keep syringes and corn syrup on hand as I help with rescue animals and that is the best way to revive a crashing mammal. I have tried this once on a fish that had swim bladder issues and though it eventually died it did seem to last much longer then it usually would.
I also have feeding tubes on hand and know how to use them with a mammal. Are fish roughly the same?
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