Iz not a crush. Itz a squishy-fuzzy. I gets dem, too.
A lot of my fish are deformities and culls. My paralyzed betta lived for several months in my care but passed suddenly. I don't remember how he died.
I still have a lumpy SB paratilapia polleni they were going to kill and a SB Jade Goby nobody would buy. Also have a really old, twisted raphael catfish somebody dumped on PetCo.
When I was first starting into fish for real I found a jewel cichlid with no upper lip. He just sort of inhaled his food and did all the work with his inner teeth. But as he grew the mouth narrowed and he eventually could not eat at all anymore. I tried lots of things but he was just losing weight and getting weak so I did put him down. If I had him now I would at least try a little surgery to open the mouth before throwing in the towel.
It is good to care for the individual. It takes sacrifice and is not for the uppity or profit-minded fish person. You have to have the capacity for mercy and empathy and be willing to extend them to fish.
A lot of my fish are deformities and culls. My paralyzed betta lived for several months in my care but passed suddenly. I don't remember how he died.
I still have a lumpy SB paratilapia polleni they were going to kill and a SB Jade Goby nobody would buy. Also have a really old, twisted raphael catfish somebody dumped on PetCo.
When I was first starting into fish for real I found a jewel cichlid with no upper lip. He just sort of inhaled his food and did all the work with his inner teeth. But as he grew the mouth narrowed and he eventually could not eat at all anymore. I tried lots of things but he was just losing weight and getting weak so I did put him down. If I had him now I would at least try a little surgery to open the mouth before throwing in the towel.
It is good to care for the individual. It takes sacrifice and is not for the uppity or profit-minded fish person. You have to have the capacity for mercy and empathy and be willing to extend them to fish.
