Can fishes choke??

[Caveden]

Fed my Florida gar a piece of prawn, it swallowed it but I think it choked. It seemed to struggle for a moment, before it went upside down and floated. It’s gills stopped moving and I thought it died. 10 seconds after it regained its balance and its now resting at the bottom. I hope it’s fine now, but still a little worried. Has anyone experienced this before?? Sorry for the bad picture

 

[tlindsey]

Fed my Florida gar a piece of prawn, it swallowed it but I think it choked. It seemed to struggle for a moment, before it went upside down and floated. It’s gills stopped moving and I thought it died. 10 seconds after it regained its balance and its now resting at the bottom. I hope it’s fine now, but still a little worried. Has anyone experienced this before?? Sorry for the bad picture

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Yes possible for fish to choke.

 

[..puSkar..]

Fed my Florida gar a piece of prawn, it swallowed it but I think it choked. It seemed to struggle for a moment, before it went upside down and floated. It’s gills stopped moving and I thought it died. 10 seconds after it regained its balance and its now resting at the bottom. I hope it’s fine now, but still a little worried. Has anyone experienced this before?? Sorry for the bad picture

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Yes thay can choke and may even die from it. To be on the safer side Try feeding pieces a bit smaller than you actually think the fish can swallow.
I think I recently saw a tread where an arowana was fed at night it choked and died the next morning

 

[Caveden]

Yes thay can choke and may even die from it. To be on the safer side Try feeding pieces a bit smaller than you actually think the fish can swallow.
I think I recently saw a tread where an arowana was fed at night it choked and died the next morning

My fault for feeding it such a big piece ?. It’s fine now though. Does anyone have any experiences with their fish choking?

 

[A201]

I've seen plenty of pics here on MFK of dead big fish w/ other big dead fish stuck halfway down the bigger fish's throat. I agree, fish can choke.

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

Yup, had one choke on another fish, he though he could eat.

 

[esoxlucius]

There's loads of images online, this is quite an extreme example, a pike choked to death on some kind of bass by the looks of it.

Seems to me that a lot of predatory fish are lacking in the ability to gauge spacial awareness!

 

[Caveden]

There's loads of images online, this is quite an extreme example, a pike choked to death on some kind of bass by the looks of it.

Seems to me that a lot of predatory fish are lacking in the ability to gauge spacial awareness!

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That’s just insane… I’ll probably feed my fish smaller cuts of meats now. Has anyone here had their own fish choke and die though?

 

[AaronKWolfe]

Yup, fish can choke just like humans can.

 

[Deadeye]

As long as the gills are clogged there is potential to choke.
My piranha died mysteriously, choking on a plastic plant is one of the possible contenders (my theory is that he hit the wall to hard though).