Dilemma..

[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!

[GreyhoundGirl]

Can't you get weekly feeders? I had them when I had fish.

[IRescue452]

Weekly feeders provide nothing the fish needs. All they are good for is clouding up the water, taking up oxygen, and building up waste. They do a lot more harm than good. The fish is better off with no food the day before you leave and a fasting during the break.