I have him in a bigger container for now, with all fresh water and some stress coat and he seems to be doing ok. He did eat a pellet I put in for him, but I'm not giving him any more right away. I'm going to let him settle in slowly. As for his story:
My daughter and I went to Petsmart tonight to get a barkless collar for my dad's dog, and some other small items. I usually don't go to Petsmart, I just don't care for the big chains, but I couldn't find a collar anywhere else. Before I looked for the collar, I went to look at all the fish, my daughter just loves to see them. I noticed they kept thier bettas in the itty bittiest of the cups I've seen used, and that alone irks me. Most of them looked pretty good, but as I looked through them, I found some that looked really thin. There were several that looked like nothing but skin and bones, and not far from death. I would have liked to bring all of them home and taken proper care of them, but I just can't afford it. Anyways, I picked out one to try to save, and then went to find a manager.
With fish in tow, I found a manager and asked how often they fed their bettas. She told me every day. I then informed here that there were several on display that were just about starved to death, and I showed her the one I had picked out. I told her I had come planning to buy an expensive barkless collar and other items, probably totalling $100 plus, but that I wasn't going to now. She seemed shocked and sympathetic towards me, and immediately called for someone to resolve the problem. I told her I was buying the fish, because he would need to be in a proper set up with plenty of care just to recover, and I was doing it for the fish, not for Petsmart. I waited a bit while the manager and another employee started looking through the bettas, and picking out the starving ones to take into the employee area. I would have stayed a bit longer, but decided it was best to bring this one home and get him on his way to recovery.
I also plan to visit Petsmart's website and send in an email complaint. I will get to that next. I also now need to find another way to get my dad's dog a barkless collar, as I haven't found one anywhere else in this area.
I took some pictures to post, but they didn't turn out so well. I'm still learning the art of taking pics of fish. I think you'll see just how skinny he is though.
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