Makes Me Sad To See These

[dgwebster]

I find most people will inform themselves before getting a dog, cat, hamster, birds, or reptiles about their needs and their care, but when it comes to fish it seems that they are being viewed as throw-away, easily replaced.....so sad!

Sadly this is all too often not true either. In the last couple of years my wife and I have paid good money for some very sick animals to get them the care they need including:

2 grown bearded dragons kept in a 2' viv using a heatmat and light bulb only. They were adding calcium to their food but they were black from the lack of UV and also no evidence of live foods being given.

A crested gecko kept on nothing but baby food. It suffers from metabolic bone disease as a result of the diet not including calcium.

This is to only name 2 of the animals we have taken in from others over the years.

 

[Meeresstille]

 

I find most people will inform themselves before getting a dog, cat, hamster, birds, or reptiles about their needs and their care, but when it comes to fish it seems that they are being viewed as throw-away, easily replaced.....so sad!

Sadly this is all too often not true either. In the last couple of years my wife and I have paid good money for some very sick animals to get them the care they need including:

2 grown bearded dragons kept in a 2' viv using a heatmat and light bulb only. They were adding calcium to their food but they were black from the lack of UV and also no evidence of live foods being given.

A crested gecko kept on nothing but baby food. It suffers from metabolic bone disease as a result of the diet not including calcium.

This is to only name 2 of the animals we have taken in from others over the years.
 

 

 

[laurac94]

Someone is currently selling 4 red belly piranhas in a 2.5 ft tank saying they are 6-7 inches long! My 50 gal needs upgrading soon and I only have 2 of them at 6 inch!

 

[Ny82]

It just never ends!
 
http/www.gumtree.com/p/pets/two-fish-tanks-with-18-fishes-and-all-accessories/1020827497#photo-content

 

[dgwebster]

An amusing one:

Hey there I have a 2ft tank with stand lint selling as I rehomed my fish as don't have the town for them anymore this tank coat me a lot of money

Think I might just buy it, this one coats people in money!

 

[Wills]

Its a real shame when you see things like this I am in a few of the Facebook groups that are around and it just makes me feel sick when you see some stuff on there...
 
As for people wanting their fish to talk back to them it sounds like you need a Severum Granted they dont speak per say but mine just often gazes at me when Im close to the tank
 
Wills

 

[laurac94]

Me and my mollies are good mates, maybe that's just because they are constantly asking for food lol ;-) ;-) they are the only fish that come to the glass when I come in the room!
So cute;-)

 

[DreamertK]

My gourami often gaze at me wondering what I'm looking back at them for. Like they're analyzing what I'm doing sitting here all the time. And my female gudgeon is always speeding up and down the side of the tank closest to me and staring at me with her big eyes "worms please!"