Hello everyone
So I wandered into PetCo today and happened by the betta area...okay, okay, I purposely poked my nose in over there :-D, and sadly noticed a lot of the babies and even some adults were dead. I had been thinking of getting a baby, and after about half an hour of kneeling on the floor and searching through all the cups, I saw this one, and instantly I knew he/she was the one. Just couldn't leave him/her to possibly stay there and die in a cup. So home with me he/she came! So very energetic, he/she was bumping into his/her reflection, following my finger and looking at me like "I didn't do it" with those big round eyes. So I set up a small (temporary) 1 gallon tank, heater, few hiding spots and let him/her acclimate for a while before letting him/her loose into his/her new home and boy was he/she off and running! Zooooooom he/she went! Already had two successful feedings today, I crushed up some Hikari betta pellets and he/she went right for the biggest piece first! lol. Anyway, I'm starting this journal so I force myself to steadily update about his/her growth. I'm very excited to watch our journey unfold together <3 Anyone have any guesses on the gender? I'm not good at figuring that out, not one bit. I keep wanting to call him/her a she though.
Here are some pics...quality isn't the greatest, had to use my phone he/she was not fond of the camera lens.
Meet Mystery!
(Preparing for the car ride home - made a little stow-away compartment in my middle console, was terrified he/she would slosh around too much!)
(Whew! We made it!)
(Reflecting)
(Meeting my new big sister! Although I think she was more interested in the bag full of treats.)
(Is it ready yet?!)
(...How about now?)
(WHAT IS THAT?! o_o)
(Home <3 ...for now)
So I wandered into PetCo today and happened by the betta area...okay, okay, I purposely poked my nose in over there :-D, and sadly noticed a lot of the babies and even some adults were dead. I had been thinking of getting a baby, and after about half an hour of kneeling on the floor and searching through all the cups, I saw this one, and instantly I knew he/she was the one. Just couldn't leave him/her to possibly stay there and die in a cup. So home with me he/she came! So very energetic, he/she was bumping into his/her reflection, following my finger and looking at me like "I didn't do it" with those big round eyes. So I set up a small (temporary) 1 gallon tank, heater, few hiding spots and let him/her acclimate for a while before letting him/her loose into his/her new home and boy was he/she off and running! Zooooooom he/she went! Already had two successful feedings today, I crushed up some Hikari betta pellets and he/she went right for the biggest piece first! lol. Anyway, I'm starting this journal so I force myself to steadily update about his/her growth. I'm very excited to watch our journey unfold together <3 Anyone have any guesses on the gender? I'm not good at figuring that out, not one bit. I keep wanting to call him/her a she though.
Here are some pics...quality isn't the greatest, had to use my phone he/she was not fond of the camera lens.
Meet Mystery!
(Preparing for the car ride home - made a little stow-away compartment in my middle console, was terrified he/she would slosh around too much!)
(Whew! We made it!)
(Reflecting)
(Meeting my new big sister! Although I think she was more interested in the bag full of treats.)
(Is it ready yet?!)
(...How about now?)
(WHAT IS THAT?! o_o)
(Home <3 ...for now)