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Dislocated/broken jaw? 2 years, 1 month ago #92547

  • rundell
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My oscar is acting very strange. I have run all the tests available for his water, all coming out normal. He is in a 55 gallon tank, by himself, he ate all his tankmates a year ago. I feed him feeder fish once every two weeks. I put 10 in his tank 3 days ago, he ate one and hasn't eaten anything else since then, which is VERY uncharacteristic of him. He has been doing serious moving of the gravel and rocks in his tank, attacking the driftwood he has in it as well. After a very close inspection of him it seems that his jaw is off center and he can not, or will not close his mouth. It is gaping so far open that I can see well into his mouth and it looks like nothing is lodged in it. He is attacking the glass, and his body almost spasms, this happens at least every 15 minutes or so. I called the pet shop that we got him from 3 years ago and he said to leave the fish alone for a few more days. The fish is in obvious discomfort. I am hoping someone has had an experience like this or knows what I can do to help our fish. He is a much loved part of the family.

Re: Dislocated/broken jaw? 2 years, 1 month ago #92549

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It sounds to me like you are looking at an Oscar that is getting ready to spawn. Those (minus the open mouth) is all breeding signs.

The open mouth could be him/her trying to scare you away...
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Re: Dislocated/broken jaw? 2 years, 1 month ago #92558

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Should I remove the feeder fish, in case they are stressing the oscar furthur?

Re: Dislocated/broken jaw? 2 years, 1 month ago #92562

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If he is used to eating them, then I wouldn't worry!
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Re: Dislocated/broken jaw? 2 years, 1 month ago #92563

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thank you, I hope your right, how long does spawning last?

Re: Dislocated/broken jaw? 2 years, 1 month ago #92566

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Just depends.. It could be over tomorrow and it could take weeks.. Can you post a pic of the Jaw?
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Re: Dislocated/broken jaw? 2 years, 1 month ago #92570

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Of course the batteries are dead on the camera, I will post ASAP, thanks for your quick replies, i'm just worried about him.

Re: Dislocated/broken jaw? 2 years, 1 month ago #92572

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We all worry from time to time Hun, when you get the pic we will take a look and see what we can figure out!
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Re:Dislocated/broken jaw? 2 years, 1 month ago #92583

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So, I finally got the pictures taken, can't figure out how to post them here, so I tried to post them under my profile only to find out that one can only post 1MB and the photos are 2MB, uggh. Sorry, I guess I have to hope for the best here, thanks for your time.

Re:Dislocated/broken jaw? 2 years, 1 month ago #92584

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OK, go to Photobucket.com... Upload your pics there. Copy the IMG code and post that here
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Re:Dislocated/broken jaw? 2 years, 1 month ago #92587

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Hi rundell and welcome. Call me Jamie....
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