Post by: derickw on October 03, 2008, 02:04:16 pm
Quote from: Spacey;205785
Poor stupid mouse.
He probably kept up for the first mile or so.
you folks go along, i go back and scrape the carcass off the road
Post by: Todd on October 03, 2008, 01:42:27 pm
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Quote from: Spacey;205738Quote from: phirehead;205734^^ Insensitive jerks.
I\'m sorry, were you looking in the mirror when you made this comment?
I can\'t believe that it is directed towards the Kielbasa King or myself.
Stop calling him that.
That\'s kielbasa dick.
Post by: Spacey on October 03, 2008, 01:17:36 pm
He probably kept up for the first mile or so.
Post by: ds673488 on October 03, 2008, 01:08:53 pm
sorry it died, i bet it was a good pet
Post by: Spacey on October 03, 2008, 12:56:53 pm
Quote from: phirehead;205762
Quote from: Spacey;205738Quote from: phirehead;205734^^ Insensitive jerks.
I\'m sorry, were you looking in the mirror when you made this comment?
I can\'t believe that it is directed towards the Kielbasa King or myself.
Stop calling him that.
You thinking about the Kielbasa King all day?
Wait till the next time you eat Kielbasa.
Post by: phirehead on October 03, 2008, 12:41:43 pm
Quote from: Spacey;205738
Quote from: phirehead;205734^^ Insensitive jerks.
I\'m sorry, were you looking in the mirror when you made this comment?
I can\'t believe that it is directed towards the Kielbasa King or myself.
Stop calling him that.
Post by: Spacey on October 03, 2008, 11:08:21 am
Quote from: phirehead;205734
^^ Insensitive jerks.
I\'m sorry, were you looking in the mirror when you made this comment?
I can\'t believe that it is directed towards the Kielbasa King or myself.
Post by: phirehead on October 03, 2008, 11:06:04 am
I\'m sorry for your loss joce. I\'m sure stupid mouse was grateful for the good life you gave him up until the tumor.
You and stupid mouse are in my thoughts
Post by: derickw on October 03, 2008, 09:20:02 am
Quote from: Spacey;205696
waste not want not.....Quote from: derickw;205687should have fed him to the snake......
Kielbasa King ALWAYS thinking!
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Post by: Spacey on October 03, 2008, 09:00:18 am
Quote from: derickw;205687
should have fed him to the snake......
Kielbasa King ALWAYS thinking!
Post by: derickw on October 03, 2008, 08:25:52 am
Post by: tyzack on October 03, 2008, 06:59:09 am
Quote from: jocelyn;205636
Stupid Mouse passed away. The little bugger stopped eating, and then developed a lump which I\'m assuming was a tumor. I found him on his wheel. :(
I was pretty fond of that stupid **** mouse.
At least he died doing something he loved.
Post by: Spacey on October 02, 2008, 09:04:41 pm
Quote from: jocelyn;205642
Quote from: Spacey;205638Quote from: jocelyn;205636Stupid Mouse passed away. The little bugger stopped eating, and then developed a lump which I\'m assuming was a tumor. I found him on his wheel. :(
I was pretty fond of that stupid **** mouse.
I am sorry for your loss.
I did laugh while reading this.
That\'s ok. It\'s what he would have wanted.
I can see that. That is the feeling I got when I read, "I found him on his wheel."
That "stupid **** mouse" will be in my thoughts tonight.
Post by: jocelyn on October 02, 2008, 08:59:49 pm
Quote from: Spacey;205638
Quote from: jocelyn;205636Stupid Mouse passed away. The little bugger stopped eating, and then developed a lump which I\'m assuming was a tumor. I found him on his wheel. :(
I was pretty fond of that stupid **** mouse.
I am sorry for your loss.
I did laugh while reading this.
That\'s ok. It\'s what he would have wanted.
Post by: FrankZappa on October 02, 2008, 08:59:06 pm
stupid mouse will go down in my opinion as one of, if not the single best pet names ever.
Post by: Spacey on October 02, 2008, 08:58:18 pm
Quote from: jocelyn;205636
Stupid Mouse passed away. The little bugger stopped eating, and then developed a lump which I\'m assuming was a tumor. I found him on his wheel. :(
I was pretty fond of that stupid **** mouse.
I am sorry for your loss.
I did laugh while reading this.
Post by: jocelyn on October 02, 2008, 08:55:47 pm
I was pretty fond of that stupid **** mouse.
Post by: Lexington on May 17, 2008, 03:15:13 am
Quote from: SlimPickens;189503
A long time ago I had an albino frog (probably an african claw or dwarf) named Crouton.
hmmm, sounds like a Xenopus.
:crawls back into biogeek textbook:
Post by: phirehead on May 13, 2008, 01:06:57 pm
Quote from: SlimPickens;189563
Quote from: phirehead;189510It is now taped to the wall in my bathroom next to the toilet.
LOL! That\'s great!
It\'s quite a sight. I guess it\'s a headstone more or less. :shrug:
Post by: tyzack on May 13, 2008, 01:04:11 pm
Quote from: jocelyn;189549
I know nothing about fish. I am dying to get an aquarium, but I know nothing about it. Maybe someone with experience could start up a thread for beginners, with some tips about how to start out. That would be awesome.
Started:
http://www.thebreakfast.info/forum/showthread.php?p=189571#post189571
Post by: SlimPickens on May 13, 2008, 12:36:15 pm
Quote from: phirehead;189510
It is now taped to the wall in my bathroom next to the toilet.
LOL! That\'s great!
Post by: derickw on May 13, 2008, 12:27:24 pm
Quote from: tyzack;189547
Since y\'all seem to be knowledgeable about containted animals:
what kind of fish can i put in a 36-gallon tank?
depends..... do you want a saltwater tank or fresh water. Chiclids are a good in the middle (brackish water) fish you could probably put 4-6 fish in there including a algae eater. they have a little more color than normal freshwater fish and there pretty easy to care for. i have a 50gal i want to make into a full saltwater tank but i need to build a stand for it first
Post by: Mamalakabubadaya on May 13, 2008, 12:08:12 pm
Quote from: jocelyn;189539
i\'ve seen mouse breeding go horribly wrong. they **** like rabbits, except they\'re mice, so you end up with a rodent/pest issue. a friend of mine thought this would be a good idea when we were in middle school and it turned into a catastrophe. his mother was not pleased with his mouse ventures.Quote from: Mamalakabubadaya;189505joc-just don\'t let mouse #1 meet up with mouse #2 and end up with mice #3-500. might be a problem.
This is a very good point. When I used to have more than one snake, I considered breeding mice because it is much cheaper in the long run and it\'s very easy to do. But then I realized how often they have litters, and how big the litters can be, and it was obvious there was no way my snakes could keep up with that. I must say I am glad I never did start up that breeding program. Pretty gross.
also, amy don\'t feel so bad. i had a beta fish who commit suicide a few years ago. i also had a purple beta way back in the day that i accidentally murdered. i don\'t have fish as pets anymore.
Post by: jocelyn on May 13, 2008, 11:53:42 am
Post by: tyzack on May 13, 2008, 11:46:43 am
what kind of fish can i put in a 36-gallon tank?
Post by: jocelyn on May 13, 2008, 11:36:31 am
Quote from: Mamalakabubadaya;189505
joc-just don\'t let mouse #1 meet up with mouse #2 and end up with mice #3-500. might be a problem.
This is a very good point. When I used to have more than one snake, I considered breeding mice because it is much cheaper in the long run and it\'s very easy to do. But then I realized how often they have litters, and how big the litters can be, and it was obvious there was no way my snakes could keep up with that. I must say I am glad I never did start up that breeding program. Pretty gross.
Amy- Sorry about Dorothy. Hope your little one is taking it ok.
Post by: phirehead on May 13, 2008, 09:41:50 am
Hannah made a picture of Dorothy and wrote "Rest in Peace" on the picture. It is now taped to the wall in my bathroom next to the toilet.
Post by: Mamalakabubadaya on May 13, 2008, 09:22:24 am
Quote from: ds673488;189475
from what ive heard so far, i picture your house being like ace ventura\'s with wild animals running around.that would be so much fun.
joc-just don\'t let mouse #1 meet up with mouse #2 and end up with mice #3-500. might be a problem. i personally am not a fan of rodents, but i think what you\'re doing is very sweet of you :) i would have probably fed stupid mouse to the fly already and watched the whole thing like it was **** or something. yeah i guess i should be the one asking \'what is wrong with me?\' now. oh well. i\'m sure you\'ll make the best decision in this situation.
Post by: SlimPickens on May 13, 2008, 08:53:25 am
Post by: jocelyn on May 12, 2008, 10:49:25 pm
Quote from: ds673488;189475
one quick story though about bettas. my family was given one in a bowl about 8 or 9 years ago. Apparently (i didnt know this), their life span is about 2-3 years. For some reason ours exceeded this by an incredible amount. It lived for over 5 years. and the best part about the whole situation is that we pretty much forgot we had it. We rarely ever fed it...sometimes my mom would be like "dave has anyone fed the fish recently?" and we\'d realize that we hadnt fed it in over 2 weeks. We would go on vacations and just totally forget to tell anyone to feed it while we were gone. We also rarely ever cleaned its bowl, it was so discusting at times. But the fish somehow lived about double its life expectancy. It just swam in a circle every day for 5 and a half years. what a trooper.
Yeah I think that the life expectancy they give you for bettas is shorter than it should be. One of my bettas just died, he was about 5 or so, and the other one I still have is 5 and looks great. I think the other one\'s death wasn\'t due to old age actually, but due to the fact that I came home one day and found his bowl knocked over and all of the water spilled out. I cleaned up the rocks and marbles, and then went to pick up what I thought was the dead fish, only to find him alive! Who knows how long he had been like that, the carpet was almost dry. He managed to live another couple of months after that, but his fins were all dried out and eventually he died.
You know, your negligent ( :lol: ) fish keeping may have done the fish some good. Most people really overfeed their bettas, and change their enclosures too recently, which is obviously bad since it is stressful every time you do it.
Sounds like your guy was a tough little sucker.
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Post by: Lexington on May 12, 2008, 10:19:14 pm
-Sallyalli
Post by: ds673488 on May 12, 2008, 09:39:38 pm
Quote from: jocelyn;189463
Oh, Amy, also, a great website with lots of information about beta illnesses is http://www.healthybeta.comQuote from: ds673488;189459what a heroic tale of bravery and might
one of thse days ill tell you animal people about the miraculous frog in my basement story.
:lol:
Regarding the Frog Story, let\'s hear it! I love frogs! I have an awesome one named Nelson Compass. He has humungous eyes and red legs.
from what ive heard so far, i picture your house being like ace ventura\'s with wild animals running around.
ill tell the frog story soon, i just cant now cause im studying for my last final.
one quick story though about bettas. my family was given one in a bowl about 8 or 9 years ago. Apparently (i didnt know this), their life span is about 2-3 years. For some reason ours exceeded this by an incredible amount. It lived for over 5 years. and the best part about the whole situation is that we pretty much forgot we had it. We rarely ever fed it...sometimes my mom would be like "dave has anyone fed the fish recently?" and we\'d realize that we hadnt fed it in over 2 weeks. We would go on vacations and just totally forget to tell anyone to feed it while we were gone. We also rarely ever cleaned its bowl, it was so discusting at times. But the fish somehow lived about double its life expectancy. It just swam in a circle every day for 5 and a half years. what a trooper.
Post by: bezerker on May 12, 2008, 08:42:40 pm
Post by: jocelyn on May 12, 2008, 07:40:13 pm
Quote from: ds673488;189459
what a heroic tale of bravery and might
one of thse days ill tell you animal people about the miraculous frog in my basement story.
:lol:
Regarding the Frog Story, let\'s hear it! I love frogs! I have an awesome one named Nelson Compass. He has humungous eyes and red legs.
Post by: ds673488 on May 12, 2008, 07:15:27 pm
one of thse days ill tell you animal people about the miraculous frog in my basement story.
Post by: jocelyn on May 12, 2008, 05:08:15 pm
Quote from: phirehead;189423
I think that\'s sweet. I hope that mouse makes it. He\'s had a hard road.
We have a beta fish and I\'m trying like hell to keep it alive so it doesn\'t die on my daughter. She\'ll be so upset.
But it won\'t eat and it just keeps bumping into the side of the tank.
Could be a couple of things. Could be too much use of aquarium salts (even those intended for freshwater fish like betas.) A sudden change in environment (temperature etc.) could also bother your fish. Make sure the temp is between 76 and 82 degrees.
It sounds like it could also be Swim Bladder Disorder. Other symptoms include bloating (can be hard to recognize) and swimming crooked/tilted. Your fish may seem to have lost his buoyancy, and/or he may become a "floater" stuck towards the top of his tank.
Try fasting him for 24-48 hours. (Fasting actually helps with quite a few ailments apparently.) After this, cook a pea and feed the inside to your fish (no skin/shell) on a flat-tipped toothpick. (This will probably take a few tries. I have done it before, it\'s difficult.)
SBD usually is pretty correctible. James\' fish seemed on death\'s door and we had him healthy within a week.
I also found out that your fish will be happier if you feed him a variety of foods beyond the pelleted betta food most people feed. Mixing in glassworms or bloodworms (get \'em frozen, scratch off a chunk, and drop in water) every once and a while is pretty easy and cheap. Avoid feeding brine shrimp often, however.
Hope your fish feels better....
:mickey: Also, Stupid Mouse has made a full recovery and likes his new home very much. He\'s active and alert and enjoying chewing on his hanging basket-house that he\'s supposed to sleep in, not eat.
Post by: Gfunk on May 12, 2008, 04:57:40 pm
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<< chicken/phish only
You raise chickens Wah? I wouldn\'t have pegged you as the chicken farmer type.:rooster:
Post by: freddiewaht on May 12, 2008, 03:46:44 pm
Post by: derickw on May 12, 2008, 03:33:24 pm
Quote from: phirehead;189423
I think that\'s sweet. I hope that mouse makes it. He\'s had a hard road.
We have a beta fish and I\'m trying like hell to keep it alive so it doesn\'t die on my daughter. She\'ll be so upset.
But it won\'t eat and it just keeps bumping into the side of the tank.
make sure the water is warm enough
Post by: SlimPickens on May 12, 2008, 03:33:17 pm
My mental picture of life in the Jocelyn household is quite trippy.
Post by: FrankZappa on May 12, 2008, 03:18:54 pm
That has to be one of the strangest sentences I\'ve ever penned.
Post by: phirehead on May 12, 2008, 03:14:04 pm
We have a beta fish and I\'m trying like hell to keep it alive so it doesn\'t die on my daughter. She\'ll be so upset.
But it won\'t eat and it just keeps bumping into the side of the tank.
Post by: derickw on May 12, 2008, 02:47:05 pm
Post by: peaches626 on May 12, 2008, 02:38:56 pm
Post by: jocelyn on May 12, 2008, 02:30:51 pm
Anyhow.
The Fly has been on hunger strike because he\'s upset about what has happened to childrens\' television programming. So I decided to try live food, instead of frozen/thawed, to get him eating again. My local place didn\'t have any hoppers (mice who have just opened their eyes) available, so I got him a very small mouse instead thinking maybe that would work. Well, the mouse was too big for The Fly, so I put the mouse back in a cardboard box. I was going to give it to my cat (kind of sadistic, I know) but the cat wasn\'t around. Well, the mouse got out of the box, and I trapped it under a glass. Problem is, then I forgot about it, and went to bed. I woke up this morning, and remembered, oh ****, the stupid mouse. When I picked up the glass, the mouse was all wobbly and looked just terrible, probably from not getting enough oxygen/any water all night. Soooo I decided to keep the stupid mouse, because I feel really bad for putting him through so much hell. He\'s really cute, super tiny with gray and white spots and huge ears. I don\'t really WANT a mouse, but what else can I do? I feel like a monster! I haven\'t gotten a cage yet because I don\'t know if he is going to live or not. Right now he\'s in my cricket box, which has no crickets in it. His name is Stupid Mouse.
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