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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all are a tough bunch.

I’ve been taking care of the fish. I check the water daily. I do routine water changes. I’ve painstakingly helped clear up fin rot once, and nursed a torn fin another time. Please stop with the criticism and accusations. I’m the only one taking care of the thing! I think we’ve given it a pretty damn good life, better than a small cup of tap water at the pet store. I’m bonded with this stupid fish. As I said in my OP, I don’t have the heart to flush it. But I also hope it isn’t blind and/or suffering. Treatments aren’t helping the eye situation. [/quote]

DCUM is hard on everyone. I admire your commitment to the fish, and I understand how irritating it is to put so much work into a beta fish! I wouldn't flush it myself, I would suck it up and keep doing it. Maybe transfer it to a new set up where you have to do less maintenance? [/quote]

I agree that DCUM is hard on most people, but come on. An adult buys an animal with a certain lifespan, knowing it needs to be fed, looked after medically, environment cleaned, etc, for all that time, and then gives that animal to a kid. Their own kid, who they are raising to be a responsible person (or not). Adult then complains a year later when the kid doesn't want to do those things and wonders if she can give the fish a cruel death because it's inconvenient to keep looking after it. She wants credit because she's the only one in her family who even feels any sense of guilt about doing such a thing. She apparently feels no guilt, however, about raising kids with no sense of responsibility or conscience. Or for giving a gift that's really not a gift but actually a burden.

Honestly not sure what she expected.[/quote]

I think she can be forgiven :-)
she seems like a caring person. A heartless person would not post on DCUM for advice on a beta fish. I think all will be OK. [/quote]

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