It’s just over a year later and we need to trim Ollie’s teeth again. We have realized that Ollie has an overbite, which is why his teeth don’t grind down properly in spite of his very crunchy (and expensive!) diet. he gets crabs at $2.99 USD each every two days, crayfish, clams, shell-on shrimp, mussels, live marmorkrebs- self-cloning crayfish, and MANY live snails, but for his overbite it isn’t quite enough. Videos of him living quite happily in his 300 gallon tank, in spite of this tooth situation, can be found at our instagram account @Olliethepufferfish. He has two slightly smaller siblings, Paulie and Wally (who are in separate tanks of course) who each have zero problems with their teeth- same diet.
Last time we did the tooth trimming, May 2019, there was a lot of action very fast once Ollie was caught and anesthetized, and we didn’t manage to get video- but this time we will. Cameron “the fish guy” is booked to come on Saturday, and our teen will put her iphone to good use recording the event.
Last time, after some scary moments where I was concerned about buzzing into his lips or tongue if I overshot, we realized that the key trick is to hold a (non-serrated) butter knife behind Ollie’s to teeth to act as a barrier for the dremel tool. Important! we already have this, and a new diamond-tip thinnest possible blade on the dremel tool. Buckets are ready and waiting. Cameron will bring the anesthesia.
Good luck to all of us! More to come.
Ollie the Pufferfish 