Just Lost My First Ever Fish.

[Joviella]

Well yesterday I lost the first fish we ever had. His name was Scooby and he was a sucking loach. My kids were so very upset,it was heartbreaking.
We have plenty more fish,but losing this one was awful because he was our first.

 

[SarahFish]

sorry to hear
when my first one died i remember i cried a lot, i used to be a kid in those times

at least, do you have picts with it? it's nice to have a pict with "your first" in any domain

 

[tetraman]

You seriously cry over dead pets? I'm 12 and I've lost fish, a turtle, lizards, and chickens. I've had to move my chickens mauled bodies, but, although I was crying inside, I never shed a tear.

 

[SarahFish]

well, i lost many animals from rabbits to turtles during a short period of time and my friends kept insisting i am not good in taking care of animals so maybe that was a push on the "tears button" too

 

[Joviella]

For some people pets matter, so, like you would cry if you lost a friend or family member,some people cry if they lose their pets!!
And thats wrong?

 

[tetraman]

Yeah. keeping chickens is tough because they are savored by raccoons, foxes, hawks, and neighborhood dogs. In one night I had a raccoon take a full grown chicken as well as a mother and her chicks. I saw the raccoon a few weeks after in the upper part of my barn (not where the chickens are!) and finally squished on the road. He was the size of a young wooly mammoth!

 

[wendyngd]

I am so sorry for your loss!!! I, too, lost my first fish (a beautiful purple male betta named Fishy) in the last couple months and I definitely cried a lot (and I am 51 and proud of it!) . Thankfully, this forum was so loving and supportive throughout his sickness and eventual death.

I cried 'cause he was my little buddy! I never had fish like him before who was like a puppy, swimming over to the edge of the tank to see me whenever I went near (whether I had food or not!!) We've since acquired a new betta boy called Blue and I can't help comparing him to the other one. He's not as friendly--much more skittish--but I need to give him more time to get to know us...

We just lost our first male molly (maybe to the shimmies--which I now see was possibly because we needed more salt in our tank). And I miss him, too. He had his own little personality, too. I'm trying to learn to take better care of the fish (perhaps more frequent water changes) so they'll live longer--but then I see that losing them seems to be just one of the negatives that comes along with keeping such little creatures with such short lifespans as pets.

If I can't handle losing them so easily, I may have to get a pet with a longer life span (in addition) like a cat or a bird.

So I send you and your kids many, many hugs and kisses (so do my fishies). And it's important to cry when you need to--to "water your garden of feelings!" so they continue to grow.

Warmly,
Wendy

 

[pinkdolphin_113]

You seriously cry over dead pets? I'm 12 and I've lost fish, a turtle, lizards, and chickens. I've had to move my chickens mauled bodies, but, although I was crying inside, I never shed a tear.

your well cool. i wouldnt really class chickens as pets though. more of farm animals because i beleive they are bred for eating and making eggs. i would never have a chicken in a house or back garden.
a first fish is always the best. i have a goldfish and a black moor that have paired up since they reached sexual maturity and if one of them were to die, i would feel really bad for the other and probably cry too.
they've had loadza babies now it would be a shame if they were to split so suddenly. i remember once the goldfish go stuck under this glass container i put in one night and in the morning the black moor was trying her best to get him out. she had lost quite a few scales just attempting to help and the goldfish lost loadz. it was a real shame but now they are perfectly happy.

fish mean alot more to some people

 

[Dwarfs]

Losing a pet can hurt almost as much as losing a family member. I mean a pet like a dog when I say that, but fish can cause pain.

I've lost more fish than some people (probably a lot of people ) have ever kept, but only the ones with names cause me grief. The more you attach yourself to an animal, the harder it is to let go.

Sorry to hear about your loss.

 

[SPLiSH]

So sorry for your loss Chali. little Loachy. I would be really upset and cry if one of my bettas died.

When I was six I saw my baby rabbit get mauled by a cat, we never found her body. I have gotten very attached to pets since then.

 

[halfbloodprincess]

Yes rip little fish. I just resently lost my betta gimli . I miss him alot. I hate loosing pets, even fish .

 

[Lynden]

I lost my first fish almost 4 years ago. An orange male Swordtail. I didn't think much of it, and in fact if he wouldn't have died so soon (as opposed to an old age death that was still 2 years away) then I would have never expanded my fish tanks. So I would never have gotten my next fish (my old Dempsey "Pantera" who passed away rather recently ) and I never would have had to expand, to a 37 gallon, then a 77, then a saltwater 55, and coming up, a saltwater 240. So I owe a lot to my little Gohan (that was the Swordtail's name); moreso in death than in life, as he fanned the flames of my fishkeeping interest. Rest in peace.

-Lynden
P.S., to this day, I do not know what killed him; he dissapeared for a few days, then we found his skin rolling around at the bottom of the tank. Actually, turned out to be a good laugh for a morbid ten-year-old (me) .

 

[Tsi_User]

Yeah. keeping chickens is tough because they are savored by raccoons, foxes, hawks, and neighborhood dogs. In one night I had a raccoon take a full grown chicken as well as a mother and her chicks. I saw the raccoon a few weeks after in the upper part of my barn (not where the chickens are!) and finally squished on the road. He was the size of a young wooly mammoth!

What does that have to do with this person's lost fish?

My girlfriend's first fish (that got us into this hobby) decided to one day crawl up into a shell and die, and I remember there were some emotions shedded that night

 

[Vicky99]

When my first fish died I didn't know why - he'd looked sick for a while and I couldn't work out what it was - I tried everything I could think of and searched books and t'internet. I cried my eyes out - it was especially hard because I felt like it was my fault - maybe there was something I missed.

I have cried when ever I've lost a pet - be they hamsters, rabbits, cats dogs or what - I get very attached to them and they do become one of the family. That's the difference between keeping an animal as a pet and keeping animals for a living I guess - although I'm sure you still have favourites that make it a bit hard to let go when their time comes.

 

[tetraman]

About the chickens, they are pets to me. I live on only an acre of land, but I have a barn that was was used for firehorses. They are bantams (very small, fancy chickens) and I keep them solely for enjoyment.
Very nice tank, Vickey99! All of the species but the bettas I love!