FA+
Shop
Dead
11 years ago
General
Just stopped by the tank on my way out the door to say goodbye to my betta and had to say a different form of goodbye.
Some people may think "Oh, it's just a fish" but hey, you get attached when you raise something from a fry.
I remember, almost three years ago, my betta had died. I opened and there's not much you can do at 3am. It was a Wednesday, so getting off at 11:30 meant a couppe hours to burn. I visited PetSmart and they'd just got in a shipment of baby bettas. I picked up two, went back to work for a meeting. Some of the others made fun of me, offered to go get tartar sauce, but I didn't mind. Finally, I took them home, buried the other, and let them loose in their new home. I'd put the divider in upside down and one hid while the other kept sneaking over.
Over the years, I watched them grow, both larger than my entire thumb, one red one blue, one aggressive one chill.
The red died first, sudden and without warning. It hurt, but I still had the calm blue one.
The blue one gave me a scare not long ago, but thanks to Aemi, we saved him. Less than a week ago, it happened again. We saved him and he looked healthy for a day. Then it hit again.
Part of me is happy he is dead. I don't like to see suffering. But the other part of me knows they're both gone now.
RIP...
Some people may think "Oh, it's just a fish" but hey, you get attached when you raise something from a fry.
I remember, almost three years ago, my betta had died. I opened and there's not much you can do at 3am. It was a Wednesday, so getting off at 11:30 meant a couppe hours to burn. I visited PetSmart and they'd just got in a shipment of baby bettas. I picked up two, went back to work for a meeting. Some of the others made fun of me, offered to go get tartar sauce, but I didn't mind. Finally, I took them home, buried the other, and let them loose in their new home. I'd put the divider in upside down and one hid while the other kept sneaking over.
Over the years, I watched them grow, both larger than my entire thumb, one red one blue, one aggressive one chill.
The red died first, sudden and without warning. It hurt, but I still had the calm blue one.
The blue one gave me a scare not long ago, but thanks to Aemi, we saved him. Less than a week ago, it happened again. We saved him and he looked healthy for a day. Then it hit again.
Part of me is happy he is dead. I don't like to see suffering. But the other part of me knows they're both gone now.
RIP...
Though this week I felt sad and scared about how my cat may eventually die, and I just don't want that day to come yet... I love her so much... Losing a pet is not fun at all. It doesn't help I watched a sad cat movie this week as well.