The big ol eel I got from ya

[snfkotara]

lol Erik you're a riot. We hand feed ours and he's never got too close to and of my finger but I hold the silverside by the tip of it tail. I'm more scare the trigger is going to bite me. The trigger bit Tate my son he was feed the pred tank and watching TV, I told him to thaw the for because I had forgotten to take it out the night before so instead if putting the food in one of our fish food cup he figures he would hold the food in the tank to thaw it.and the trigger was waiting.

[mabel_photo6]

Whoa... that's gross!
Why would anyone feed those huge eels by hand?!?
Now he has a toe thumb!

[clone]

what we mentwas if feed well, he will have no reason to go looking for any kind of food, but seriously every animal has a mind of its own.

[ErikH]

lol Erik you're a riot. We hand feed ours and he's never got too close to and of my finger but I hold the silverside by the tip of it tail. I'm more scare the trigger is going to bite me. The trigger bit Tate my son he was feed the pred tank and watching TV, I told him to thaw the for because I had forgotten to take it out the night before so instead if putting the food in one of our fish food cup he figures he would hold the food in the tank to thaw it.and the trigger was waiting.

I highly recommend not feeding your eel by hand. Sure Triggers are cantankerous, but eels are fairly blind, if not mostly. That means they more see things as shadows and less as definitive objects. All the eel wants is food, and it does not know better than to bite a finger. I used to feed mine by hand until I did the research and then decided that it is not worth the risk! It looked to my hand sometimes even after I had released the food. Not too cool considering eels are extremely quick. Brad (used to work at AD) nearly lost a finger to the puffer they used to have there. Just be weary!

[justahobby]

I had bought a young snowflake eel and hand fed because I was worried about him eating. That turned into handfeeding to keep the trigger from stealing it which turned into the eel always going after what he could see best, my fingers. It go old quick. Those feeding hand tools are invaluable. I have one that broke and has been super glued if you want it, free of course.

[ErikH]

Barry showed me a trick as far as feeding goes. He used rigid airline as a feeding rod. Yeah, it's scary to see an eel still going for a finger after you release their food.

[Mr Cob]

Dang....that's crazy!

[danny]

Wow......the ol' toe-to-finger trick.

I think I'll just stick to smaller eels and feeding devices.

[ReefCube]

sweet!

[Kyle46N]

What an idiot. Of all the things you could feed an eel, he decides to feed it food that looks like fingers.