Pet fish had babies but

[Anonymous]

Do you ever feel like you are just going crazy being a parent? Take tonight, our fish had babies in the fish tank which my kid was excited about but then a larger fish we think ate them right away. She was so upset and in turn I just felt so crazy/sad myself about these stupid fish. The emotional state gets so heightened sometimes as a parent. You just feel crazy.

[Anonymous]

Wow this post is the epitome of “that escalated quickly.” I thought it was going to be a cute story about baby fishies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow this post is the epitome of “that escalated quickly.” I thought it was going to be a cute story about baby fishies.

I knew where that was going….you need a net to separate the babies in the water. Pet fish 101.

[Anonymous]

You gotta sing “It’s the circle of life!” When it happens.

[Anonymous]

Oh my. That would upset me too. Reminds me of the time we got a pet store hamster. She had babies and then bit all their heads off. Or the time we had a nest or bird eggs in our bush. They hatched and we were watching them, and then a downpour of rain destroyed the nest and the babies were gone. Life is hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow this post is the epitome of “that escalated quickly.” I thought it was going to be a cute story about baby fishies.

I knew where that was going….you need a net to separate the babies in the water. Pet fish 101.

I did too. Baby fish always need to be separated from other fish for exactly this reason.

[Anonymous]

You would be psychopathic if you weren't upset, OP.

Yes, you need to separate the fish babies. For rodents, if you leave them in a quiet part of the house, in a large cage and don't stress them, the risk they kill their babies decreases significantly (separate the male).

People, you've got to do a little research when you get pets. Fish and little critters are entirely deserving of just as much love and care as horses, cats and dogs.

[Anonymous]

This happened to my guppies when I was a child and I promise you I'm a normal, functioning adult who just thinks of it as a funny story nowadays.

Sorry you're feeling but don't worry, I feel confident your daughter will get over this quickly.

[Anonymous]

I’m so sorry OP. We got one of those butterfly kits during the pandemic. I released the last one a bit too early and it was immediately chomped by a mockingbird. Kids were hysterical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
You would be psychopathic if you weren't upset, OP.

Yes, you need to separate the fish babies. For rodents, if you leave them in a quiet part of the house, in a large cage and don't stress them, the risk they kill their babies decreases significantly (separate the male).

People, you've got to do a little research when you get pets. Fish and little critters are entirely deserving of just as much love and care as horses, cats and dogs.

I don’t think OP needed a lecture. When I was growing up we bought a male hamster from a pet store. Let’s just say the babies were quite a surprise, so no we didn’t research hamster babies.

[Anonymous]

I knew exactly what this thread was going to be when I saw the title unfortunately!

[Anonymous]

The time my hound caught and ate the entirety of a rabbit in the yard broke her heart. She loved this dog and yet.....he was a killer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
You would be psychopathic if you weren't upset, OP.

Yes, you need to separate the fish babies. For rodents, if you leave them in a quiet part of the house, in a large cage and don't stress them, the risk they kill their babies decreases significantly (separate the male).

People, you've got to do a little research when you get pets. Fish and little critters are entirely deserving of just as much love and care as horses, cats and dogs.

I don’t think OP needed a lecture. When I was growing up we bought a male hamster from a pet store. Let’s just say the babies were quite a surprise, so no we didn’t research hamster babies.

I disagree with you entirely on your second point: YES, you DO need to research the species and its living and breeding propensities before you get a single individual, even if you don't intend to breed it. It's well known that small animals you get from stores can be sexed wrong and be pregnant already. It's not like store employees take good care of them. I can't emphasize this enough, actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh my. That would upset me too. Reminds me of the time we got a pet store hamster. She had babies and then bit all their heads off. Or the time we had a nest or bird eggs in our bush. They hatched and we were watching them, and then a downpour of rain destroyed the nest and the babies were gone. Life is hard.

We did the mail in butterfly thing and watched the caterpillars become butterflies. We were living in a city and we released them in a park. One flew right under a bicycle and was flattened. We could see it still stuck to the tread of the wheel as the cyclist pedaled slowly away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You gotta sing “It’s the circle of life!” When it happens.

Except that it's not the circle of life when you keep fish in a cage to look at. Just like it's not the circle of life when you feed an innocent cricket to a lizard. Neither of them asked to be there.