Percula punched in face

[ratienza80]

So my onyx Percula's mouth has been open for the past 2 days. He hasn't been eating and it looks like lock jaw of some sort. He's been looking skinny lately so I'm kinda concerned what it may be and how I can remedy it.

Thanks for the help!

 

[scooter31707]

Have you been feeding Krill? I seen a case like this and it was a result of feeding too much Krill as it can cause Lock-Jaw.

 

[A.Astore]

Krill, hmm. Do remember if it was only krill, or was it the mixed frozen stuff that contains krill? I am only asking because a lot of the frozen mixed has krill listed. And is that in general, or clown species specific? Thought I would ask if you knew before diving into another round of research :facepalm:

 

[microlady]

My ocellaris clown did this last year and it went away after a couple of days. I thought it might have stung itself on something.

 

[leviburns89]

Saw on the duplicate thread,

Could have been stung by an anemone.

Clowns are only slightly tolerant of anemone stings. It apparently feels like a tickle to them vs a tazer. Might have tried to lick the battery, and got a bit more than it could chew.

No pun intended.

 

[ratienza80]

I've only fed nls pellets and mysis shrimp. So I don't know if frozen foods in general can cause it. It ate some pellets today. I'm hoping that it goes away.

I never knew they still get stung by their host anemone. Poor guy looks like it took a straight jab from the anemone!