Title: Updates On Some Of My Recent Rescues
jaded12 - March 25, 2007 03:51 AM (GMT)
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Crispin was found in a vase in walmart with another male (zane) they were tearing eachother to shreds. While he has quite a bit of noticeable fin damage, he seems to have more emotional damage, everything scares him, and if he so much as sees another male betta he starts shaking and hides in his little cave. He's getting better around me though, he'll actually come up and say hello, but if I move to fast or in a funny direction he shoots down into his cave and doesn't come out for hours. (Got him for free) *Please note hes no longer in the divided tank, I took him out immediatly once I saw how he reacted to other males. Now hes in a 1 gallon heated and lighted tank. |
Crispin has really come out of his shell!!! He's a flare fiend now, even flares at his food :OO and he builds HUGE bubblenests!!! He's doing really well and his fins are even starting to grow back.
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This is Zane (bad pic sorry) he was the other betta in the vase with crispin. Besides his tail damage hes healthy and active and is currently living with a friend of mine down the road (got him for free) |
Unfortunatly zane passed away 2 days ago. He was doing great, his fins were growing back, I got a call 2 days ago from my friend saying she had woken up to find him at the bottom of his tank dead. Neither of us have any idea what happened, :( :(
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This is Splash, he was rescued from a cup so dirty that you couldn't even see him. He had ick which has since been treated and he has deformed pectorals so he swims kind of funny. (Paid in full but told the guy working that if I ever came in again and saw a betta in such condition I wouldn't be so willing to pay) |
Splash is doing splashing, swimming better too in his shallow tank, I posted a picture somewhere of him chasing a pen cap :wub: :wub:
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This is Auron, he had a nasty case of popeye when I got him, and that eye still kind of droops on a weird angle, he's also proven himself to be a severe fin biter, he was just starting to chew in this pics, now he has huge chunks missing in his tail, but i still haven't been able to figure out what triggers it (got him for free) |
Auron is just the sweetest thing, his loves laying in his flower, and since I put the flower in he's stoped eating his tail :WOW: :WOW:
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This is sage, he was rescued from a cup so filled with algae that you couldn't see him. I'm almost positive he has internal parasites. His dorsals a bit deformed and his lower back has an odd hunch to it. He also seems to have a bit of a swim bladder problem as he tends to swim a bit vertical all the time. (Paid half price for "damaged goods" :sick: ) |
Sage is having a tough time, every time he gets over something, he gets something else, right now we're fighting a particularly persistent case of velvet. But he's one of 2 desk buddies and I'm super attached to him, I hope I can eventually get him all better!
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This is Sultan (sully) he has an odd chunk of his body right behind his anal fin missing, looks like is might be body rot :crazy: I'm not sure how much I can do for him, but he's active and happy so far, so we'll just have to see. (Paid full price) |
He's another hard case, he seems to suffer from body shudders, I think whatever took that chunk out of him caused some nerve damage. He's also incredibly jittery and nervous and constantly hides in hiss leaves. He does have a little bubblenest though.
LaBella - March 25, 2007 04:33 AM (GMT)
Awww.. And wow.
I had a case of body rot. A female came down with fin rot after breeding, and it went up from her anal into her belly.
I was able to clear it up with maracyn.
It is amazing what a little bit of attention can do to help these fish.
I had a case of body rot. A female came down with fin rot after breeding, and it went up from her anal into her belly.
I was able to clear it up with maracyn.
It is amazing what a little bit of attention can do to help these fish.
wildmagiclady - March 25, 2007 04:42 AM (GMT)
It sure is, it's amazing though how many people just give up and euthanize them. :(