Disaster area

[Miss Dib Dabs]

We had a serious disaster a few days ago involving Houdini, our young male hm.
Having been getting back into good health after his rescue from a store where he was dieing. I might add he was doing really well!
Anyway, I was doing a bath for my children upstairs when I hear an almighty crash and scream. Kacey, my daughter, screams for me to come downstairs (in the altogether at this time) quickly. I dash down to find Houdinis tank smashed on the floor and my son sitting where his tank was supposed to be.
Kacey, meantime is screaming she can't find Houdini, he's dead at me over and over (she's 7 and loves this lil betta). I lift up furniture, cut myself on broken glass, tell her to help and stop screaming.
After about 5 minutes I find him, under a socket between my 35g tank and the tv. He's alive and I pick him up carefully while Kacey gets a baggy to put him in, which I put water from another tank in. I then get her to hold the bad while I shove on a dress and we dash to the car and to out lfs and pick up a cheap small tank for him. I couldn't put him in any other tank since I have gouramies and other bettas in them (not together I might add) and Ollie (my other male betta) is currently living in my quarantine tank.
We get him home and syphon water from the nearby 35g for him along with some fresh water. The next morning (having cleared up all that water, glass etc) I checked in on him first thing and he's fine. By evening he's built his very first bubble nest!!!
He's still at it and it's really a good size.
No one got hurt (apart from me getting a few scratched and a deeper cut on my finger.) and no damage has been done to the wooden floor.
Hugs,
P.

 

[SPLiSH]

Yikes! I'm glad to Houdini's okay, and I hope your finger heals up!

Typical betta behaviour, gloat around and build bubblenests while Mummy nurses a cut finger. I can see him now: 'What's all the fuss about Mum? That was fun!'

If you don't mind me asking, was Houdini's tank on a shelf or such?

 

[Miss Dib Dabs]

No, it's on a heavy built wooden unit near my 35g. The window is above (the sun doesn't get on the tank as it only hits the window early morning and the curtain is closed then). Unfortunately my son is special needs and was trying to climb out the window at the time. It is a downstairs window but he's been known to try upstairs too. Most of the time tho he's just fine and, being that I'm a single mother of two I can't watch him every second. I do feel partly responsable tho.
Hugs,
P.

 

[SPLiSH]

Don't blame yourself. You did well to save Houdini from harm!

 

[FishEnthusiast]

I am glad everything is ok. Don't blame yourself. As parents, we can't be watching our children 24 hours a day, though I know we wish we could. Accidents happen. Is there anywhere the tank can be moved to so that your son can't accidentally knock it over again?

Thank goodness it was a wooden floor. It would have been much messier if the floor had a carpet.

 

[DaSauce89]

Wow!! Your one and mom!!

 

[bxbettas]

wow..I'm glad to here that everyone is doing ok. That must have beena hectic ordeal but it really sounds like you kept control the whole time..Thats amazing.. Take Care

 

[Synirr]

Wow, what a day that must have been! Glad everything worked out ok

 

[Miss Dib Dabs]

) Awww bless ya guys. He keeps on rebuilding up his new nest. He's so proud of it. I'm just happy he's come out of this unscathed really.
Yes, thank everything for no carpet!! The smell would have been nasty. Still finding bits of glass tho dammit.
Will get some pics now his tail is almost full grown back. He's a stunning lil boy.
Hugs,
P.

 

[Elise]

I'm glad to hear that everything turned out okay!