Help my goldfish

[Foskett96]

I I was wondering if fish can choke. Cause my goldfish I fed them some peas and I think it might of been a bit big so they keep opening their mouths to chew it I think I can see the peas in there mouth. Please help I am really worried for my fish.

 

[librarygirl]

Did you put the whole pea in there or did you mush it up into pieces? Splitting it into pieces is a good idea usually lol. Watch it and see if it spits it out, swallows it on his own. If not, I'm not sure. I know some people have gently netted the fish and taken out things stuck in fish's mouths themselves but I haven't done it so I can't comment. Hopefully someone else will chime in. ALso we have an Unhealthy fish section; problems with your fish such as potential illness and things like this might get more answers there.

 

[Fishguy2727]

Many fish will hold food in their mouths, especially if there are more aggressive feeders in the tank.

The only thing I have heard of fish really choking on is gravel, something especially risky with goldfish (and one of many reasons I only use and recommend sand).

 

[Atxpunx]

I know my goldfish make a weird sucking face when I feed them peas. Kinda looks like they're gasping. Freaked me out the first time, now it's just cool to see them act different because of different food.

 

[jlk]

Make sure you mash the peas between your fingers before feeding them-same goes for any other veggie you may use. The veggie pieces shouldnt be any bigger than size of the fish food you feed.