|
Posted by Mister Gardener on April 19, 2006, 6:00 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:34:24 +0100, Gill Passman
>Altum wrote:
>> Gill Passman wrote:
>>
>>> Too late....I just lost Boris :-(
>>>
>> Awww...I'm sorry.
>>
>> I'm sure it wasn't the pima/mela. Pinecone = dropsy = kidney failure
>> from an internal infection. Mela/pima can't always fix internal
>> infections. You can't get antibiotics in the UK (sensible if you ask
>> me) so there was nothing you could have done.
>>
>
>This is the third betta I've lost in this way...Mr Bluey, Bob and now
>Boris. Boris lastest the longest but was in a different tank to the
>other two (by that I don't mean Bob and Mr Bluey were in the same tank
>at the same time). Boris and Bob came from the same retail outlet - of
>course I don't know if it was the same wholesaler....
>
>I think it will be a while before I get another betta - I get too
>attached to them just to see them die after 6 months... :-)
>
>Gill
Yeah, you should probably wait awhile. You'll need time to think up
another B name. (6 months is all you're getting with your bettas? That
sucks.)
-- Mister Gardener
|