Oscar Training
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Well, I don;t know much about training a fish nor do I have any links but I would suggest getting to know your Oscar first. I don't know how long youv'e had him but as with training any animal, they need to know you. With fish, I'm sure it would help if he could recognise you as his keeper. With my fish (not Oscars) I like to put my face up to the glass to where they could see me. I'm sure you have witness 'begging' for food, it's like that but all the time. I put my face up close on one end of the tank and they rush over to see me. Then I go over the other end, and the rush over that way. It's really quite cute! Then I feed them. I do this every day. However, when anyone else puts there face up to the tank they don't know them, and don't foll9ow them! Anyway, I'm sure it would help to make your fish comfortable with you before you go Training him.
Amazon Tankz is right about getting the Oscar to recognize you. I had an Oscar that would eat from my fingers and he was always so happy to see me. He would however hide if someone else came to the tank, so they know who is feeding him.
Training an Oscar is not much different than training any other animal. It is however food reward based. Petting Oscar does not get the same affect as petting your dog when he does something right. Food works however.
I remember when I first started to train Oscar to eat from my fingers getting nailed a few times with their mouth. After a few times he would come up a bit more carefully and eventually would come up and eat pellets gently from my finger tips.
Unfortunetly for me Oscar was too smart and learned something that I didn't want him to learn and eventually led to his death. He also somehow learned to knock the lid open when he saw me and wanted to eat. Basically everytime he saw me, since Oscars seem to be hungry all the time. One day, I think he was trying something new and knocked the hood open and jumped out. He was probably going to look for me instead of waiting for me to come feed him. Unfortunately, he never had a chance to learn from this error. One error and that was the end of him. I was sad to find him dried up on the floor, he was like loosing a normal pet. He had a personality, just like a dog and cat.
Good luck with our training.
Training an Oscar is not much different than training any other animal. It is however food reward based. Petting Oscar does not get the same affect as petting your dog when he does something right. Food works however.
I remember when I first started to train Oscar to eat from my fingers getting nailed a few times with their mouth. After a few times he would come up a bit more carefully and eventually would come up and eat pellets gently from my finger tips.
Unfortunetly for me Oscar was too smart and learned something that I didn't want him to learn and eventually led to his death. He also somehow learned to knock the lid open when he saw me and wanted to eat. Basically everytime he saw me, since Oscars seem to be hungry all the time. One day, I think he was trying something new and knocked the hood open and jumped out. He was probably going to look for me instead of waiting for me to come feed him. Unfortunately, he never had a chance to learn from this error. One error and that was the end of him. I was sad to find him dried up on the floor, he was like loosing a normal pet. He had a personality, just like a dog and cat.
Good luck with our training.
I have two small oscars now, and I have heard they are VERY capable of knocking the hood lid up and even moving the filters and heaters around. One story I heard even caused death to the entire tank by hitting the hood so hard and submersing the entire light fixture causing the tank to be electrocuted. What a mess!