Good Bye Little Buddy

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Onion01

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Aug 8, 2007
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My Gulper just died. My baby. Of all my fish, my hands down favorite. The first to eat out of my hands. The one who would sit on my palm and let me scratch him. The only one who would come when I entered the room. The one with the biggest smile, the biggest belly, and the biggest place in my heart. Yesterday he was a hungry, 8" piggy. This morning he was light brown, hardly swimming, two sores on his head. He was shaking, going into seizures, twitching. Mouth gasping for air. I gave him the cleanest, warmest water. I gave him salt. I gave him all I could...all I had. Now, well, he's gone. I don't even know what to say. I definitely don't know what to do. I feel sick, nauseous. Makes me want to cry. Makes me want to scream. Makes me want to throw all my other fish in the canal...makes me want to leave the hobby...

Here's to you little buddy. The best fish a man could ask for. Here's to you...:rip:rip:rip
 
wow. so sorry!!!

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dont leave the hobby. you'll feel better. it will just take some time. :(

you should bury him in your back yard if you have one and make a headstone for him. :) I like to do that for my favorite pets.

course, i had a house near the woods so my backyard didnt look like a cemetery...... nevermind..

sorry again
 
Que merda! Acontece a todos nós, mas é sempre uma merda, Amigo!

Melhores dias virão.

Abração.
 
Awww ogre I'm so sorry to hear that.:( Wow that was a really really fast decline, any idea what took place?!! :(:screwy:
Don't leave the hobby, and don't toss your others in the canal.. They might say "Weeeeee!!" - but you will be saying some other select words when you get fined.
A loss is hard, especially when its one that we have such a bond with, it can feel like losing a child (sort of). I know I have cried at the loss of certain sharks before, especially ones which I had watched grow, and spent countless hours swimming with, feeding, caring for, and interacting with. It's like losing a friend, and its never easy. I'm sorry buddy. xox
 
btw.. is salt ok to use for a gulper cat?
 
THAT SUCKS BRO!!!! Sorry for your loss.
 
thanks guys, there's no way I'm gonna leave the hobby, but it just makes me feel like...well, you know. I had to write that. To let out frustration, as a tribute to him, I don't know. Probably because you are the only ones who know how I'm feeling.

BTW, when i say scratched, I mean that I would wiggle my fingers on his stomach when he layed in my hand. I used minimal salt. As much as I've used before to treat my gulpers.
 
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