Dilemma..

[Muddy4paws]

`Cant you get one of those 7 day feeders? I know they sell them in pets at home or maybe someone can feed him while you are gone? I think moving him would be very stressful

[IRescue452]

Unless your room gets really cold, I'd do nothing. Change the water before you leave. Make sure there is a cover on the tank/bowl. Do not feed him after that, do not have anybody feed him, and do not buy one of those worthless white feeders. You don't want the water to get bad while you are gone. I am leaving for a week also and 19 of my fish are staying right at school with a note to the tank not to feed them (they check our rooms before locking them out for break). Only 5 fish are coming home with me as they are too big and produce the most waste. I know some people who are going to let the hall director feed their fish while they are out and I advised them against it. The fish can go a week without food, but should the water get bad over break because they are being fed but not cleaned, that will be when the fish die.

[Argranade]

I would not take a chance, can't somone watch him while your gone?

[k9krazee]

Alright, I guess I'll just plan on cleaning the tank and letting him be...as hard as it'll be, lol.

No I can't get anybody to feed him seeing everybody's leaving, the halls are closing for the holidays :/

[BitsyNaceyDog]

How far are you from home? My friend always brings her beta with her when she drives home at Christmas, I think it's about a 4 hours trip. I don't think it'd be too stressful. Beta's get packed and shipped all over the place. I'd be more afraid of the temperature in your dorm and it also going without food.

[k9krazee]

It's a 2.5 hour trip. I wouldn't be able to take his entire tank home, I still have the container he came in, I'm sure he could travel in that. I do have extra fish bowls at the house that somebody could set up and have ready when I got there. Would that be okay?

[Kalei]

Hello, I was just reading about your betta delimma. I have a betta myself and it comes with me whereever I go (I mean when I'm gone away from home for awhile.) Sometimes I drive for 7 hours and bring him with me. And my betta never gets stressed, he is always happy happy. He even still eats from me in the car lol. What I always do is you know those large water bottles you can get that are pretty big, well I swish fish water around in it to make sure its safe, then I fill it up and put my betta in it, I dont' ever close the cover or else he wouldn't be able to get air, so I just hold the big bottle between my legs and he is all happy and everything! Otherwise when I leave my goldfish for over a week, I put a vacation feeder in and it works great! Hope whatever decision you make is great!