Blonde Box of Rocks and I have a betta fish that we've had for about 8 months. We generally feed Percy every day, or at worst every other day. I was told that fish are very finicky about their eating and it is generally better to underfeed them than overfeed them. We went down to Georgia-Florida this weekend, left a more-than-average amount of food for him before we left, and returned 3 days later.

He is still alive, but he seems very lethargic. We have put food in his bowl multiple times, cleaned his bowl, changed his water, and done just about everything we can to make him go back to being normal. I have yet to see him eat (he certainly doesn't rush to eat like he normally does.) He seems to float only at the top of the bowl and only really moves if provoked.

I know you obviously can't forcefeed a fish, and yeah it's a $5 betta, but is their any solution? Percy used to have an amusing-if-not-anthropomorphic personality and now I think the poor guy is dying. Can 3 days without food even kill a betta or is there maybe something else?