I don't think this is gonna work!

[catnapper]

Uh, I had a moment of temporary insanity and bought a Betta tonight

Hi Fishy fishy


Excuse me, why don't you answer me? Wanna come out and play?


Ut-oh, watch out Mr. Betta -- the sharks are circling


Flutter checking out Mr. Betta in his current home, trying not to knock over his new luxurious accomodations


Hello? Anybody home? Its the Welcome Wagon!


Ummm.... do ya think this is gonna work out? Will Mr. Betta make it through the night? The boys have not noticed him yet. dum-da-dum-dum!

Any ideas where I can safely keep Mr. Betta without becoming sushi for Pouncer?

[kimlovescats]

Ummm ... weeeeeeeeeellllll ............. maybe a cast iron betta bowl with a lid? Sorry, that's the best suggestion I could come up with on such short notice!!!

[catnapper]

I transferred him to his new home and put a plastic lid on the bowl -- one of those lids from deli cups that snap on. It fit purrfectly and I punched holes in it for Mr. Betta to breathe. Pouncer made short order of removing the lid



Allen's just sitting 4' away staring at it

Now -- quick tests -- which of my brown tabbies is which in all these photos?

[caseysmom]

Kim I had a betta when I had my rb gigi, I had to keep the beta in a cupboard in the kitchen, luckily it had a glass door but even with a cover I was afraid gigi would knock the bowl over.

[Laura's Babies]

These pictures are just TOOooooo funny! I can't wait to see WHO wins this one.... The cats or the fish!

[Craftlady]

I thought beta fish had to have a plant in the water so they could survive (food)? Have a plant and it's roots in the vase the furry kids wouldnt see the fish right away but the plant and might leave it alone.

[icedtea]

hmm. find somewhere the cats dont go, somewhere unreachable. keep mr fishy there. we all do things on impulse. i hope betta wont become a victim of fish flavoured fish!!! i think you reallyneed to be fair to the fish and get him to somewhere safe away from the kitties.

[orangemm]

You could put the bowl in a plant hanger (one of those macrame things) and hang it out of reach. Mr. Betta might have a betta chance of survival!

[jenluckenbach]

That fishy is gonna be SUSHI! Your going to have to hang him from the ceiling in order for him to be safe.

Abby

Flutter

Pouncer !

[catnapper]

Mr. Betta made it through the night. They are all still checking him out, but the dippy paw thing is over (guess they decided he wasn't all that interesting to paw at and the wet paw wasn't worth it) He'll be purrfectly fine now that their initial appraisal of him is over. I promise!

As for the plant in a vase thing, from everything I've read, that is supposed to be the worst thing for the fish because he needs lots of oxygen and the flower takes up room at the surface, and they breathe through coming up to the surface for air

Hanging plant... sorry but I am almost rolling on the floor over that idea! It would become the world first Fishy Flying Trapeze artist, Right now they are attacking the hanging spider plant for all its worth. No lie!

High place to put him? The only high place where the cats do not go is the shelf in the closet, and then he'd suffocate from all the litter dust covering the water's surface.

[Craftlady]

Intereting about flower that was how local floral shop did mine. Way it was set up the plastic lid wasnt that tight and air holes were in it. The fish lastest a couple weeks then I got stupid and used fish food along with the plant roots that were already there.

[jazzcat]

I've been wanting to get a fish so I'm going to use the catnapper experiment as my guide. Good luck Mr. Betta!

Actually I have a small 2.5 gallon octagon tank with a lid that I had in college but it's a horrible bright pink and doesn't go in my house plus it may be too old and weakened after 16 years of storage.

[CathyBogart]

I thought beta fish had to have a plant in the water so they could survive (food)? Have a plant and it's roots in the vase the furry kids wouldnt see the fish right away but the plant and might leave it alone.

NO NO NO!!! Bettas are carnivores!!! They can't eat plant roots. Yours may have died because it went without food for so long and then got a lot at once.

Those vases are VERY unsafe for bettas, as the roots can actually cut off their oxygen supply if they get too plentiful. Keep the roots trimmed so that the fish can come to the surface to breathe.

CUTE pictures! I'm glad mister fishy survived the night!

[prechrswife]

Maybe a small aquarium with a lid? We actually had Alpha on a shelf that the cats couldn't get onto, but for awhile he was temporarily relocated to the kitchen counter. The cats pretty much ignored the aquarium.

[catmandu]

I will have to find the Photo of Pouncer when I visited a Cat Friend of mine probably close to Twenty Years Ago.
I had Two Goldfish Once.
Pouncer had Filet O Fish,Live.