Do Betta's like attention?

[Bubbles111]

I saw on a web site that betta fish like when you rub there sides????
But I don't know if that is true? Can someone HELP ME!!!

[marinebiologist21]

I would be careful about that!
Before you try to, wash your hands in hot water WITHOUT soap to kill the bacteria.

[MattD]

Please, don't rub your betta fish, you may hurt him or kill him inadvertently.

Attention with fish likely means feeding it, observing it often for periods of time, getting familiar like hand-feeding etc.

Fish are not meant to be 'pet' or 'rubbed'. You may consider a feline, canine or perhaps a rodent like a dwarf hamster or something similar.

Good luck.

[tophat665]

I've had my weather loaches come up and rub on my fingers while I was hand feeding a tubifex cube, but they're a whole different type of critter than a betta.