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</STRONG></DIV><H1>Dislocated Jaw</H1><DIV id=Qtextbox><P><STRONG>Author: Other Ed</STRONG><BR><BR>Hi, The outher day when I went to feed my oscars, i saw a tail hanging out of ones mouth! it was one of the small convicts (not in there for food). The oscar spat his meal out sometime during the day when I got home from work and removed the remains of the dead fish I saw that the oscar had a dislocated lower jaw.

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Should I try to tuck it back in? ( its hanging out on one side) or would this risk making the problem worse?

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If so how would I handle the fish, its about 10cm.

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Thanks

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Ed.

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</P></DIV><H2>Replies »</H2><DIV id=Atextbox><P><STRONG>Author: lungy01</STRONG><BR><BR>Hi there dude , Unless you are absolutely sure you know the

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mechanical geometrics of the jaw structure, leave it

^l.

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And wait for nature to take its coarse, Unless it does'nt take

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food for a long period then some intervention may be required .....

hno....Good luck....

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Andy...

</P></DIV><DIV id=Atextbox><P><STRONG>Author: meesterclarence</STRONG><BR><BR>Hi. Definitely leave it alone. It will have to fix itself. Hopefully it will. Good luck.

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Paul.

</P></DIV><DIV id=Atextbox><P><STRONG>Author: Gcichlid</STRONG><BR><BR>Very common syndrome with oscars. Sometimes it corrects itself - sometimes it doesnt. I've raised heaps of oscars with dislocated jaws and providing they can still consume food it detracts from their appearance but is not life threatening.

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Many times it corrects itself at least partially.

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I had one Tiger Oscar with a dislocated jaw that never corrected, an ugly bugger but a great pet, who survived for over 10 years before finally dying of old age.

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Nick

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