Tuesday, October 17, 2006

My Dying Fish....

So...my fish is dying. For some weeks now, I have noticed that he is bloated, and he has been getting progressively worse over time. I have expected him to die any day, and today he is definitely showing signs of dying. He is not dead yet....his gills are still moving a little, and if you move the bowl, he will move around a little, but he is swimming erratically. I feel....bad for him. I thought he was pretty old for a betta, but there are differing numbers regarding their average lifespan. Either way, I think I've had him for about one and a half to two years....maybe a little less. It seems longer than that, but it really can't be. I feel bad....I probably didn't take the best care of him. I try to convince myself that he was already half a year to one year old when I got him (and thus lived about three years, one of the average lifespan numbers), but I still worry that I could have taken better care of him. In any case, it is too late now.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm so sorry. I loved that little fishie. But, you gave him a good little life...he got a nice big bowl lots of treats (and what more could a fish want?).

Anonymous said...

Uh oh, sorry about the fish. And no, my kids don't scare that easily.

But more importantly, the Halloween Party Invitation is now available (I emailed it to Karen to distribute it to you Philosophy folks, but if you haven't seen it you can get it at www.peterandrobin.com).

Anonymous said...

Did you know that Swimmy McFish died? She died about a month ago. Maybe my fish and your fish can pal around in fishy heaven!