The Beta Fish

[LRTX1]

My 5 year old daughter got a beta fish the other day when she went to town with her mother. My wife cheaped out and didn't buy a fish bowl thinking she could find something at the house to put him in. Well, when the fish made it home and settled in to his make shift living quarters our cat found interest in him. So, the wife put the fish in my daughters room in a place the cat couldn't get to it.

All seems well, so I lay down for an afternoon nap. I got woke up to hear of the fish is missing and the cat must have got it. I told her he probably jumped out of the make shift fish bowl. Sure enough, fish is out of the bowl, dried up, tail stuck to his face.

While I am breaking the news to a crying youngin my wife decides to put him back in the water to see if she can save him. Mind you the fish is crispy dry. 30 minutes later the dang thing is swimming around like nothing happened. Kids happy, wife happy, cats entertained again.

Next morning fish is for real dead. In less than 12 hours I had to tell my daughter her fish died...twice.

 

[branguscowgirl]

Oh boy Layne, better get an aquarium with a top next time!
I bet that your gonna have a hard time convincing your daughter that animals don't just wake up after dying now. She saw it happen with her own eyes! Good luck with that one.

 

[Nesikep]

Only the cat gets 9 lives.. I did not know fish got 2!

Sure don't envy you though

 

[Hook]

Now you have to take her to Disney for twice as long to make up for it

 

[kenny thomas]

We had one for a while. They are beautiful. Nobody told my wife that it was a bad idea to keep the male and the female together. The male killed 3 females and the cat got him then. Not by accident either. Wife got mad and fed it to the cat.

 

[dun]

We had one for a while. They are beautiful. Nobody told my wife that it was a bad idea to keep the male and the female together. The male killed 3 females and the cat got him then. Not by accident either. Wife got mad and fed it to the cat.

They;re not named Siamese Fighting Fish without a reason!

 

[LRTX1]

Now you have to take her to Disney for twice as long to make up for it

She's going for twice as long as I care to. She's a good kid deserves to put me through misery every know and then.

 

[kenny thomas]

We had one for a while. They are beautiful. Nobody told my wife that it was a bad idea to keep the male and the female together. The male killed 3 females and the cat got him then. Not by accident either. Wife got mad and fed it to the cat.

They;re not named Siamese Fighting Fish without a reason!

I always wanted to put two of the males together but figured that would be cruel. I did put 2 in two different small aqueriums beside each other. They would try to fight for hours.

 

[dun]

We had one for a while. They are beautiful. Nobody told my wife that it was a bad idea to keep the male and the female together. The male killed 3 females and the cat got him then. Not by accident either. Wife got mad and fed it to the cat.

They;re not named Siamese Fighting Fish without a reason!

I always wanted to put two of the males together but figured that would be cruel. I did put 2 in two different small aqueriums beside each other. They would try to fight for hours.

I raised them in the mid 60s. used to line up the males side by side. What was really hilarious was to have to males side by side and put a female on the outside of each male. They really didn;t know if they fight or..........

 

[TexasBred]

My 5 year old daughter got a beta fish the other day when she went to town with her mother. My wife cheaped out and didn't buy a fish bowl thinking she could find something at the house to put him in. Well, when the fish made it home and settled in to his make shift living quarters our cat found interest in him. So, the wife put the fish in my daughters room in a place the cat couldn't get to it.

All seems well, so I lay down for an afternoon nap. I got woke up to hear of the fish is missing and the cat must have got it. I told her he probably jumped out of the make shift fish bowl. Sure enough, fish is out of the bowl, dried up, tail stuck to his face.

While I am breaking the news to a crying youngin my wife decides to put him back in the water to see if she can save him. Mind you the fish is crispy dry. 30 minutes later the dang thing is swimming around like nothing happened. Kids happy, wife happy, cats entertained again.

Next morning fish is for real dead. In less than 12 hours I had to tell my daughter her fish died...twice.

Your fault...you drowned him. :mrgreen:

 

[Nesikep]

They;re not named Siamese Fighting Fish without a reason!

I always wanted to put two of the males together but figured that would be cruel. I did put 2 in two different small aqueriums beside each other. They would try to fight for hours.

I raised them in the mid 60s. used to line up the males side by side. What was really hilarious was to have to males side by side and put a female on the outside of each male. They really didn;t know if they fight or..........

That might be considered cruelty!.. hahahaha!

 

[LRTX1]

My 5 year old daughter got a beta fish the other day when she went to town with her mother. My wife cheaped out and didn't buy a fish bowl thinking she could find something at the house to put him in. Well, when the fish made it home and settled in to his make shift living quarters our cat found interest in him. So, the wife put the fish in my daughters room in a place the cat couldn't get to it.

All seems well, so I lay down for an afternoon nap. I got woke up to hear of the fish is missing and the cat must have got it. I told her he probably jumped out of the make shift fish bowl. Sure enough, fish is out of the bowl, dried up, tail stuck to his face.

While I am breaking the news to a crying youngin my wife decides to put him back in the water to see if she can save him. Mind you the fish is crispy dry. 30 minutes later the dang thing is swimming around like nothing happened. Kids happy, wife happy, cats entertained again.

Next morning fish is for real dead. In less than 12 hours I had to tell my daughter her fish died...twice.

Your fault...you drowned him. :mrgreen:

My fault? Wife was pushing him around with a pair of scissors trying to revive him. I'll tell her she killed him. Don't think that will go over well though.