Picky picky!

[50000_tears]

well my little cambo girl is picky . i have tried : BIOGOLD, betta shakers, bettamin and bloodworms! is there any nice dried food she will eat?

 

[Kiarra]

You only just got her, though, didn't you? Give her a little time more to settle in, and then she'll probably take some food. Just keep offering it to her. It may take a while for her to adjust and be willing to eat.

 

[50000_tears]

everyone ususaly grabs the biogold right when i gave it to them right when i get them home

 

[Kiarra]

Some are just more sensitive than others. I've had some take over a week before they'd eat. Some were eating immediately when they got home. Each Betta is different.

I wouldn't worry about her yet. She can in fact go without food for considerably longer than a mammal without any ill effects. If, in a week, she still isn't eating, THEN you can assume she doesn't like what you're giving her. But, for the time being, I really believe that she's just adjusting to living with you. Some have a REALLY hard time adjusting to all the stress of being shipped, kept in a store, bought, brought home, and put in a new tank.

 

[50000_tears]

true..i saved her from a dixie cup

 

[Dart]

i got mine almost 2 weeks ago and he JUST started to nibble at the bloodworms. Doesn't want any biogold either!

 

[KageBunshin]

try to use a toothpick and moved the food across the surface to simulate live food. This only works if you feed one pellet at a time, which I think is the best way to feed a picky betta.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Yep, my vt only tends to eat food that wiggles. So I feed him live moths, brineshrimp etc. Although he'll eat flakes. My new guy will only eat food that sinks in front of his face.

 

[50000_tears]

but this one wasnt fed live food....i guess i have to go to the petstore and get the food she was fed there

 

[OohFeeshy]

Watch out though, they'll probably sell you the most expensive food in the shop. And she probably won't eat it.

 

[BettaMomma]

Have you tried giving her peas?
My little Liza would eat nothing for 12 days.
I tried several kinds of pellets, brine shrimp, flakes, daphnia, freeze dried blood worms - you name it, I tried it.

Eventually one day she ate a pea.
And then she started eating frozen blood worms.
To this day, all she will eat is bloodworms and peas.
I do have to feed them to her off a spoon though, or she wont' eat them.

 

[50000_tears]

lol..i got her to eat dried brine shrimp..shes werid she loves her fliter