Food To Big For Her

[FBTgirl]

HELP,
My new female is really small and young and I think my betta food might be a little to big for her. I feed her and she takes it in her mouth and spits it back out. What do I do?

 

[girl4God81]

I use to feed mine baby pellets. They were hard to find and I actually could only find them at a certain walmart (shocking, I know!). You can cut them up into finer pieces, but I've found that they sink to the bottom too quickly (although she ate them up)!

 

[laurasbetta]

what kind of food is it? she may just not like that food. i have a very picky eater of a fish. he won't eat pellets (someone told me it might be a texture thing, just like how some humans don't like a food because of how it feels) so i feed him flakes and i crumble them up a bit so they're easier for him to eat. if they're to big he'll kind of gnaw on them for a while and then spit them out.

 

[leighann]

tropical flakes would work

 

[girl4God81]

Picky eater! that's very true! One of mine won't eat the flakes.

 

[FBTgirl]

I have Wardley BETTA premium food.

 

[leighann]

yeah i have a few different bettas and one eats the pellets and the others like the flakes.

 

[laurasbetta]

hmmm... i don't know what that is. i use nutrafin. the little bugger loves the stuff. but first try crushing it up. if that doesn't work, try a different food.

 

[FBTgirl]

Oh ok thanks

 

[laurasbetta]

no problem. i think i have 5 different types of food for betta that i got when i was trying to figure out what he would eat. the little stinker will only eat 2 of them... his blood worms and his flakes.