Comments on: Why Has My Goldfish Lost Its Appetite? http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/why-has-my-goldfish-lost-its-appetite/ Goldfish Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:37:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Amanda http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/why-has-my-goldfish-lost-its-appetite/comment-page-1/#comment-617 Amanda Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:47:13 +0000 http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/?p=19#comment-617 Hi- I had two goldfish, Minnie and Edward. Minnie unfortunately passed away yesterday... and petsmart believes that it was stress related. Minnie and Edward have been together for about a year and 3 months, and they always got along... three days ago, Edward starting beating up on Minnie, shoving her behind the filter, pushing her into the decorations in their tank, whacking her with his body... etc. Now that Minnie is gone... Edward has not been acting the same... he has lost his appetite and doesnt seem to be as rambunctious as he normally is. He was always the first one to the top of the tank for food and ate like he was never fed before. Now, he seems disinterested. What could this be? Is it him missing her? He has no sores, no bulging eyes, no rips on fins. Hi-
I had two goldfish, Minnie and Edward. Minnie unfortunately passed away yesterday… and petsmart believes that it was stress related. Minnie and Edward have been together for about a year and 3 months, and they always got along… three days ago, Edward starting beating up on Minnie, shoving her behind the filter, pushing her into the decorations in their tank, whacking her with his body… etc.
Now that Minnie is gone… Edward has not been acting the same… he has lost his appetite and doesnt seem to be as rambunctious as he normally is. He was always the first one to the top of the tank for food and ate like he was never fed before. Now, he seems disinterested.
What could this be? Is it him missing her? He has no sores, no bulging eyes, no rips on fins.

]]> By: claudia boyd http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/why-has-my-goldfish-lost-its-appetite/comment-page-1/#comment-534 claudia boyd Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:07:54 +0000 http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/?p=19#comment-534 We have had these ponds now for 20 years - the deeper pond for koi and the more shallow pond for goldfish of which some of them are many years old. Their predators are raccoons as well as herons. The latter have been hunting in our pond quite successfully the last few weeks. After trying everything from nets to providing cover for the goldfish we finally have hit on something quite successful - a very large mirror which seems to have startled them back into flight. Our problem: the fish do not want to come out from hiding and refuse to eat. We have removed the cover (they still have lilies) but are huddling underneath the waterfall. Do you have any suggestions? We are grateful for any help. Claudia Boyd We have had these ponds now for 20 years – the deeper pond for koi and the more shallow pond for goldfish of which some of them are many years old.
Their predators are raccoons as well as herons. The latter have been hunting in our pond quite successfully the last few weeks. After trying everything from nets to providing cover for the goldfish we finally have hit on something quite successful – a very large mirror which seems to have startled them back into flight. Our problem: the fish do not want to come out from hiding and refuse to eat. We have removed the cover (they still have lilies) but are huddling underneath the waterfall.
Do you have any suggestions?
We are grateful for any help.
Claudia Boyd

]]> By: The Goldfish Guy http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/why-has-my-goldfish-lost-its-appetite/comment-page-1/#comment-286 The Goldfish Guy Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:47:01 +0000 http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/?p=19#comment-286 Great information! You hit everything right on the money. There are so many reasons why goldfish can lose their appetite and you covered them all. You have an excellent goldfish blog. You will help many people with their goldfish questions. Keep up the great work! Sincerely, Jamie Boyle The Goldfish Guy http://goldfish-care-information.blogspot.com Great information!

You hit everything right on the money. There are so many reasons why goldfish can lose their appetite and you covered them all.

You have an excellent goldfish blog. You will help many people with their goldfish questions.

Keep up the great work!

Sincerely,

Jamie Boyle
The Goldfish Guy
http://goldfish-care-information.blogspot.com

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