The title to this thread says it all. No sympathy please, just sharing some findings here.
In the past two weeks I have lost two rays.
The first was a female Flower that I hurriedly purchased without realizing what I was getting into. She was emaciated when I first bought her but I was determined to heal her. I thought, "I can get her healthy, watch me!" I failed. The failure was mostly due in to my inability to establish a regular diet with her. I was able to get her to eat a little of this and a little of that here and there but couldn't get her to commit to any particular food. I was able to put some weight on her but it was lost again and again until she suddenly died.
The second ray to die was my beloved "Big Momma". She was captive born nearly five years ago and was very, very well cared for. She produced many healthy litters for me and would eat anything offered. Her demise occurred after she stopped eating her favorite food, shrimp. She became lethargic, then listless, then dead.
Lessons:
1) Be absolutely honest with yourself even when you do not like the answer you come up with when you ask yourself, "Am I ready for this?" "Can I do this?" "Should I do this?"
2) Commit every resource you can to provide the best possible environment for your rays.
3) Ensure steady, healthy nutrition for EACH ray. Target feed, don't just dump food and assume.
4) Do not bite off more then you can chew.
Happy ray keeping.
Respectfully,
FireMedic.
*PS*
Sympathy will be result in a BAN!!!!
In the past two weeks I have lost two rays.
The first was a female Flower that I hurriedly purchased without realizing what I was getting into. She was emaciated when I first bought her but I was determined to heal her. I thought, "I can get her healthy, watch me!" I failed. The failure was mostly due in to my inability to establish a regular diet with her. I was able to get her to eat a little of this and a little of that here and there but couldn't get her to commit to any particular food. I was able to put some weight on her but it was lost again and again until she suddenly died.
The second ray to die was my beloved "Big Momma". She was captive born nearly five years ago and was very, very well cared for. She produced many healthy litters for me and would eat anything offered. Her demise occurred after she stopped eating her favorite food, shrimp. She became lethargic, then listless, then dead.
Lessons:
1) Be absolutely honest with yourself even when you do not like the answer you come up with when you ask yourself, "Am I ready for this?" "Can I do this?" "Should I do this?"
2) Commit every resource you can to provide the best possible environment for your rays.
3) Ensure steady, healthy nutrition for EACH ray. Target feed, don't just dump food and assume.
4) Do not bite off more then you can chew.
Happy ray keeping.
Respectfully,
FireMedic.
*PS*
Sympathy will be result in a BAN!!!!
j/k