Tom the Con-Man and the Flock!

LaManuka · May 22, 2023

I'm looking forward to seeing your new bettas when they arrive, their set-up looks great!

zERo · May 22, 2023

OttoVonRuthless said:
@zERo Gorgeous flock!!!

Thank you!

DonnaBudgie said:
It actually looks pretty pleasant and the birds certainly look happy but I'm sure you're eager to get your whole family into your house. It kinda looks like you are living in an airplane hanger or a giant grow house. It must be difficult to heat. Where do you keep all your fish?

The fish tanks are just along various walls.
The garage and house are actually Quonset “huts”

zERo · May 22, 2023

LaManuka said:
I'm looking forward to seeing your new bettas when they arrive, their set-up looks great!

Me too! And thank you!

zERo · May 22, 2023

Hedwig got soaked this morning!

zERo · May 22, 2023

The bettas are here!
We’ll have been for a few hours

Now they’re just babies so no bright colors yet!

LaManuka · May 22, 2023

zERo said:
The bettas are here!
We’ll have been for a few hours
Now they’re just babies so no bright colors yet!
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Awwwwwwwwwww, they're beautiful babies

And Hedwig looks very happy after that soaking!!

zERo · May 22, 2023

LaManuka said:
Awwwwwwwwwww, they're beautiful babies And Hedwig looks very happy after that soaking!!

Thank you!
Hedwig was very happy! She usually bathed in their big bath bowl but has recently started to like the spray bottle more.

LaManuka · May 22, 2023

zERo said:
Thank you!
Hedwig was very happy! She usually bathed in their big bath bowl but has recently started to like the spray bottle more.

Lovejoy still HATES the spray bottle! He's still throwing himself in the water dish every other day or so, but it's a bit too cold for me to try to convince him about the spray bottle just now. I'll try again when it warms up a bit!

DonnaBudgie · May 22, 2023

zERo said:
Thank you!

The fish tanks are just along various walls.
The garage and house are actually Quonset “huts”

I have one of those. I found my (now deceased

) baby snapping turtle, Snappy, in our Quanset hut. Named him Snappioso Serpantina Quanset! I was crazy about that little turtle! Cried for days when I had to put him down.

zERo · May 22, 2023

LaManuka said:
Lovejoy still HATES the spray bottle! He's still throwing himself in the water dish every other day or so, but it's a bit too cold for me to try to convince him about the spray bottle just now. I'll try again when it warms up a bit!

Aww really? I guess some birds just prefer a dish!
Tom hates the spray bottle too.

DonnaBudgie said:
I have one of those. I found my (now deceased ) baby snapping turtle, Snappy, in our Quanset hut. Named him Snappioso Serpantina Quanset! I was crazy about that little turtle! Cried for days when I had to put him down.

Sorry for your loss

Turtles have more personality than most people realize.

zERo · May 25, 2023

Ive decided to share what happened to the bettas.
Simply put, they jumped out overnight.
My dad is saying it’s his fault and he should’ve listened to me when I said they could fit through a tiny gap.
He, despite my protest, immediately put an order up for another pair. He is making a custom lid that tightly fits.

I feel terrible, but, things happen. I’ve had one of my betta splendens jump out, though, I was right there to pick him up!

On a positive note!
It looks like a bird exploded

Neytiris been looking really bright.

Made chop on Tuesday. Suspiciously, it only took two hours instead of my normal three.

Thought I’d show the bird food freezer!

Tom being sweet.

A red maple we got for my grandma on Mothers Day.

Mr. Cheshire is going blind. He’s recovering from fin injuries too. Not sure how he did it. I’ll soak him in methylene blue tomorrow.

Fluff

He spies a bird in there!

LaManuka · May 25, 2023

Oh @zERo, I'm sorry to hear about your baby bettas

I had one do that to me too many MANY years ago but I was there to scoop him up too - how is it that they manage to find the tiniest gap to throw themselves through anyway?!

zERo · May 25, 2023

LaManuka said:
Oh @zERo, I'm sorry to hear about your baby bettas I had one do that to me too many MANY years ago but I was there to scoop him up too - how is it that they manage to find the tiniest gap to throw themselves through anyway?!

I know it’s crazy! I guess they don’t realize that there’s no water outside the the tank?
I know in the wild they jump from pool/rice paddy/swamp puddle another so they think it’ll work the same way in captivity

DonnaBudgie · May 25, 2023

zERo said:
Ive decided to share what happened to the bettas.
Simply put, they jumped out overnight.
My dad is saying it’s his fault and he should’ve listened to me when I said they could fit through a tiny gap.
He, despite my protest, immediately put an order up for another pair. He is making a custom lid that tightly fits.

I feel terrible, but, things happen. I’ve had one of my betta splendens jump out, though, I was right there to pick him up!

On a positive note!
It looks like a bird exploded
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Neytiris been looking really bright.
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Made chop on Tuesday. Suspiciously, it only took two hours instead of my normal three.
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Thought I’d show the bird food freezer!
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Tom being sweet.
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A red maple we got for my grandma on Mothers Day.
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Mr. Cheshire is going blind. He’s recovering from fin injuries too. Not sure how he did it. I’ll soak him in methylene blue tomorrow.
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Fluff
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He spies a bird in there!
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The chop looks yummy! Who does the little red plastic dog belong to?

zERo · May 25, 2023

DonnaBudgie said:
The chop looks yummy! Who does the little red plastic dog belong to?

That’s be Tony’s! He likes playing with plastic toys, Tom too.
Tom likes plastic toys more than destructible ones

LaManuka · May 25, 2023

zERo said:
I know it’s crazy! I guess they don’t realize that there’s no water outside the the tank?
I know in the wild they jump from pool/rice paddy/swamp puddle another so they think it’ll work the same way in captivity

That's very true. I hear that in Thailand they've been spotted in puddles left in the depression made by a buffalo hoof after it rains, so it would be a very handy skill to be able to flip into another pool of water once that tiny puddle dries out. Wish they wouldn't do it to us at home though!!

wrench13 · May 26, 2023

Nyla, my Mom kept a freshwater fish tank when I was a kid. She loved her black mollys and neon tettras . But her tank was destroyed when we had a house fire when I was 9 and she never started a new one. I believe it was a 50 gallon tank? I just remember it was huge.

zERo · May 26, 2023

wrench13 said:
Nyla, my Mom kept a freshwater fish tank when I was a kid. She loved her black mollys and neon tettras . But her tank was destroyed when we had a house fire when I was 9 and she never started a new one. I believe it was a 50 gallon tank? I just remember it was huge.

Oh no! How terrible!

My dad keeps mollies in in saltwater, they are very fun to watch!