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I went to my friend's house yesterday and saw one of her poor bettas in a dirty half gallon bowl and he looked horrible. She was keeping 2 males in a 2 gallon tank with a crappy divider and the other betta could fit his mouth through it and was able to shred his fins... by the time she realized what was going on most his top and back fins were gone
so she just threw the injured one in a bowl and ignored him :evil: I asked her if I can take him since she didn't seem to care all that much. She let me have him.
On our way back we got in a car accident. The fish went flying out of the bowl, hit the dashboard, and then the floor. I was in panic mode and quickly scooped him up (most likely not all that gently...) and threw him back in the bowl that only had less than an inch of water left. Then for 40 minutes I was talking to the police in the freezing night with the bowl under my jacket holding him as close as I could to keep him warm. (police probably thought I was nuts haha) Finally got home and put him in a 1 gallon tank I was just using for pants. He's in bad shape D: his color is REALLY dull and his fins are horrible. He doesn't move or respond to anything but thanks to the pants he is able to stabilize himself near the surface... How should I go about helping the lil fellow???
On our way back we got in a car accident. The fish went flying out of the bowl, hit the dashboard, and then the floor. I was in panic mode and quickly scooped him up (most likely not all that gently...) and threw him back in the bowl that only had less than an inch of water left. Then for 40 minutes I was talking to the police in the freezing night with the bowl under my jacket holding him as close as I could to keep him warm. (police probably thought I was nuts haha) Finally got home and put him in a 1 gallon tank I was just using for pants. He's in bad shape D: his color is REALLY dull and his fins are horrible. He doesn't move or respond to anything but thanks to the pants he is able to stabilize himself near the surface... How should I go about helping the lil fellow???