Something Wrong With My Betta

[Haych]

Chop his head off instant death, if not well let him die by himself

oh very nice

 

[razer121]

thats really bad i couldnt kill any of my fish even if they were dieing, that may sound harsh but i just couldnt bring myself to it....you must have a bond with this betta right?? if my daughter was dieing i wouldnt chop of her head or freeze her to death.....so why do it to you fish? let nature take its course! sorry iritates the hell out of me this...how is you betta have you destroyed him? i hope it was quick poor thing he is such a nice looking one aswell!

 

[Just_Another_One]

Sorry hun =(
You say things have been OK for 4 years? Was he maybe old?

RIP little fish

I just got this guy a month or so ago from a trade with another hobbiest... What I meant was I started keeping bettas 4 years ago with my first guy who I still have now.

Teaka wasnt that old. The guy who traded with me got him from a wholesaler as a little baby.

 

[Just_Another_One]

LOL thanks for everyones concern with how i dealt with my dieing fish.

The way I euthenized him I learnt from member Wilder over in the emergency section.... this is the only way I can bring myself to euthenize a fish that is struggeling to move/breath/live...sorry but I cannot chop a pets head off or smash it with a brick. I also can't just sit there and watch as it lays on the ground panting endlessly obviously struggling to survive.

Some people suggest putting the LIVE fish in the freezer and having it die slowly as the water freezes but what I did was freeze a bag of water so it had a layer of ice on it then you crack the ice and drop the fish in. There was NO struggle at all, he made one single twitch then died within 5 seconds.

Sorry for your loss. He looks like a beautiful colour in the photograph. But four years of looking after bettas and this is the first one to get sick or die means you must be doing something right.

Will dropping him into freezing cold water kill him instantly?

He died within 5 seconds of dropping him in I learnt this way of euthenziation from Wilder over in the emergency section.

 

[razer121]

at least it was quick

 

[Just_Another_One]

thats really bad i couldnt kill any of my fish even if they were dieing, that may sound harsh but i just couldnt bring myself to it....you must have a bond with this betta right?? if my daughter was dieing i would chop of her head or freeze her to death.....so why do it to you fish? let nature take its course! sorry iritates the hell out of me this...how is you betta have you destroyed him? i hope it was quick poor thing he is such a nice looking one aswell!

why are you comparing your daughter dieing to a fish dieing.....

 

[razer121]

thats really bad i couldnt kill any of my fish even if they were dieing, that may sound harsh but i just couldnt bring myself to it....you must have a bond with this betta right?? if my daughter was dieing i would chop of her head or freeze her to death.....so why do it to you fish? let nature take its course! sorry iritates the hell out of me this...how is you betta have you destroyed him? i hope it was quick poor thing he is such a nice looking one aswell!

why are you comparing your daughter dieing to a fish dieing.....

well im not it was just an easy example that came to mind at the time

 

[Just_Another_One]

thats really bad i couldnt kill any of my fish even if they were dieing, that may sound harsh but i just couldnt bring myself to it....you must have a bond with this betta right?? if my daughter was dieing i would chop of her head or freeze her to death.....so why do it to you fish? let nature take its course! sorry iritates the hell out of me this...how is you betta have you destroyed him? i hope it was quick poor thing he is such a nice looking one aswell!

why are you comparing your daughter dieing to a fish dieing.....

well im not it was just an easy example that came to mind at the time

lol its okay... its just when cats and dogs get sick and cant move or breath properly due to untreatable illness most people have them euthenzied at the vets and don't let nature "take its course" because that would be consided animal abuse...i see it the same for fish I guess. I didn't want to see my little guy suffering any longer.

 

[Azeron]

It really depends on the person doing it, really.

 

[jasminekiddell]

So sorry for your loss I think euthanizing is something thats best for any animal when suffering.He obviously didnt look happy in that pic, you did the rght thing. Rip beautiful boy

 

[rdd1952]

Euthanization can be done in several ways although some are a little gruesome. For small fish, I prefer the method of putting them in a ziploc bag and mashing them. It's over in a second.

As far as freezing them, that is a good method but you have left a step out of the process. You should first put them in a small container of water with clove oil until they go to sleep. Then put them in the freezer. Putting them in the freezer without putting them to sleep with the clove oil means they actually do freeze to death and, depending on whether you believe fish feel pain or not, would be very painful as ice crystals form in the blood and it freezes.

Sorry for your loss.

 

[Just_Another_One]

Euthanization can be done in several ways although some are a little gruesome. For small fish, I prefer the method of putting them in a ziploc bag and mashing them. It's over in a second.

As far as freezing them, that is a good method but you have left a step out of the process. You should first put them in a small container of water with clove oil until they go to sleep. Then put them in the freezer. Putting them in the freezer without putting them to sleep with the clove oil means they actually do freeze to death and, depending on whether you believe fish feel pain or not, would be very painful as ice crystals form in the blood and it freezes.

Sorry for your loss.

Thanks rdd.... I agree about putting the live fish in the freezer to die without any sedation. Sounds horribe and painful and un nessisary... smashing them on the other hand them sounds quick n easy but a little too gruesome for me. The way I was taught by Wilder with dropping them in freezing water the fish seem to die within 5 seconds...one time though I did it with some cories that were half dead...I went to go flush them because I thought they were dead and they started swimming in the toilet!! I freaked out and flushed them alive Horrible