One eyed fish

[tunaman]

Lets say you caught a fish, and by misfortune, the fish got a eye injury. Will it be allright to fend for its self, or should I kill it and feed it to the cat for humain reasons.




signed tunaman

[Stumpy-USA2]

It'll be fine. I have caught a few fish with one eye and they were still healthy enough to chase down my lure. About two years ago I caught a Largemouth Bass out of Lay Lake that went close to 8 lbs. and it only had one eye, the other was missing but had almost completely filled in with new skin.

Casey

[Poodroo]

Fish are very adaptive creatures tunaman. I used to be an avid aquarist once having several tanks and used to successfully breed Discus fish and other varieties of cichlids. These fish have extremely territorial behaviour and often I had a fish lose an eye. I even had a fish once lose both eyes and it still managed to survive and find the food although it ended up in the freezer because I thought it was a little unattractive. Having aquariums for so many years certainly helped me learn about fish behaviours and their adaptability and I know that releasing a one eyed fish doesn't hamper their chances of survival unless there is a dolphin under the boat waiting for it.

Poodroo

[Jitlands]

Gus Gould is one eyed and has survived ???

[Geoff_Atkinson]

I'd kill it, fancy becoming an instant Collingwood supporter, poor bugger

[marlinqld]

Jtlands, Gus Gould is a cockroach, and they can survive a nuclear blast I heard.....

[jim_bream]

HA HA HA LMFAO
Collingwood ... cyclops..
hoo- have n't had a giggle like that for a loooong time.

[imnotoriginal]

LOL at Jitlands and Marlin_Mike
Joel

[tunaman]

LMAO. . So I guess a one eyed fish is all good, but
how does a no eyed fish battle on.





signed tunaman

[rowdycowdy]

I once had a red jewel cichlid that had all it's fins chewed off and it was suspended upside down, but eventually its fins grew back and it survived a good 6-7 years in my fish tank.
If that aint survivin' chew my eye out!!

rowdy

[tunaman]

Sh$t. Fish are more tougher than I thought I guess the will for
survival is greater than the disability.





signed tunaman

[Hornblower]

When you say you wouls kill it for humane reasons, do you are you refe3ring to humane reasons for the fish, or the cat, or both

[tunaman]

No. Just the fish. If the cat chokes thats its problem
Our cats name is garfeild, this thing would eat all day. I said too the missus, if you dont put this pillow with legs on a deit, Jenny craig will
have a warrant for its arrest.





signed tunaman

[Loco_Pez]

Gus Gould should be killed & fed to the cat !!!

and I'm a cockraoch.

[tunaman]

Why I asked this Question is because if a bigger fish came from its blind side, its chances for survival wouldnt be good.
So useing it for bait or cat food would be doing it a favour, so to speak.
By the way, the cat loved it.
Poodroo. I dont think it would be the same for a tank fish,
coz it has nothing to worry about, excepted for being snapped frozen
But I think I did the right thing.


signed tunaman