Question about feeding

[kibakiba]

Scent it with fish.

[guidofatherof5]

Put the worm pieces in a shallow dish and set them under the hide.
Check in the morning to see if they've been eaten.

[acovert]

I've already scented them with fish. I put a new one in and I'll leave them in overnight.

He has to be hungry. He's looking for the fish. It's just a matter of convincing him that these are just as good.

[guidofatherof5]

Cut up pieces have a lot less chance at crawler out.
Maybe cut them into smaller chunks so they can't crawl out.

[acovert]

It's cut into 7 chunks.

[EasternGirl]

Yeah...you're just going to have to put them in a dish that they can't crawl out of and put them under his hide...moisten them a bit..or I would go ahead and put a bit of the fish water in the bottom of the dish to scent the worms and keep them from drying out during the night...if he is hungry enough, he will eat them. If worse comes to worse, he will survive until you get him home and get him some feeder guppies...when I got my new albino baby, he wouldn't eat for over a week after I got him and he is only four months old.

Let us know if he ate anything tomorrow...

[guidofatherof5]

Most will not crawl out as long as there's a lip on the dish you are using.

[acovert]

He's been sniffing at them since I put them in the hide. Hopefully I'll see some results by morning. I may be up all night anyways, so I can keep an eye on him.

[EasternGirl]

You sound like me . Good luck!

[acovert]

Hey may have eaten a chunk. I'm not sure because he's now hiding underneath the hide. But one of the pieces are missing and it doesn't look like it crawled out. I can't be sure, though.