Fuzzy dwarf lionfish mouth looks torn

jasonrusso · Jul 2, 2018

I came home today and found my Fuzzy dwarf lion sitting on the sand in the corner (no worries there, that's his pre feeding spot where he keeps an eye out for "the cup"). I noticed that his mouth looked funny, almost like his upper lip had dropped. He does not seem to be in any distress and ate tonight as usual. He is always a pig!

A quick search found that maybe he hit a rock eating? I did throw some live grass shrimp in the other day, but I didn't see anything happen.

lion king · Jul 2, 2018

When you say it looks like his upper lip dropped, more like it's popped out of joint. Does it look kind of like one rung on a collapsible hose, with the outer part of the lip looking like cartilage with a web like connecting to the upper part of the lip. I'm having a hard time explaining; but my lions will look like they throw their lips out of joint from time to time; then they do this pursing with their lips to pop it back into joint. If that makes sense, it just seems to be normal, been going on for years.

jasonrusso · Jul 3, 2018

lion king said:
When you say it looks like his upper lip dropped, more like it's popped out of joint. Does it look kind of like one rung on a collapsible hose, with the outer part of the lip looking like cartilage with a web like connecting to the upper part of the lip. I'm having a hard time explaining; but my lions will look like they throw their lips out of joint from time to time; then they do this pursing with their lips to pop it back into joint. If that makes sense, it just seems to be normal, been going on for years.

Yes, there looks like a thin piece of something connecting the lip.

Did my picture not come through? I also attached a video because the picture looks like it is his mouth, but the video shows that it isn't.