Are you ready for some stories?? I hope so, lol
Yesterday when I was at Walmart, and surprisingly bought my new betta, I was looking at the fish, especially the bettas. I was practically crying when I saw a little yellow vt that could barely swim! His fins were resting on the bottom of the little cup, and when I held his cup, he swam up for a few seconds, but he layed back down soo. I was so sad for him, but my grandma said..If I'm letting you get another fish, your're not going to get one that's practically dead. I was going to argue saying I wanted a fish I could save, and I knew that the fish would be able to heal a little if I had him, but I figured I was lucky to get a betta at all. I named that little yellow guy, I hope he's still alive and finds a good home.
When I was trying to pick out a betta, I saw a dead round tail, and I couldn't stand looking at it. When a guy came and asked if I needed any help, I was so close to saying something about it, but I didn't. I put the dead one on the sink, so someone would see it, but that's all I could do.
Now this one isn'ta walmart story, but it is a petco story... I was at petco a couple weeks ago, just looking around.. And I saw a mother with 2 younger kids. The 2 kids were each holding a fish bowl. In the cart were 2 bettas..Ok, I thought, as long as they change the water enough and keep it warm enough, a bowl isn't that bad. Well, the mom was asking on how to care for a betta. A worker was explaining how the bowl should be cleaned every 1-2 weeks. He said not to take the betta out, just scoop most of the water out, and put some more in. I was getting a bit angry when I heard that. She asked how often should I feed them? Worker said every couple days. I was getting mad. The worker was giver the mom terrible advice. Even though a bowl isn't a great home, it's ok as long as you clean it, but every 2 weeks? Yikes. I was so tempted to go up the them, but I'm a scaredy cat, lol. I think if I, a 13 year old, tried to give advise, they prob. wouldn't listen to me anyway.....
So, those are my most recent stories.... Sorry they were so long...