Random Questiopn

[Phantom Thief]

Just chuck em in a bin

P.T.

 

[Eagle Eyes]

Tsk tsk such wasteful people...mine always end up on the garden or compost heap, good fertilizer.

 

[Griz]

My pets have always gone into the garden. Fish, birds, lizards, snakes, guinea pigs, you name it. When I was young, they were usually placed in a nice box. Now that I have my own children, I'm back to doing that again.

 

[MXPX4318]

well only had a few fish die and only three die after my 1 week gaurantee and they died because I boiled them during the car trip from Raleigh to Greensboro, so I'll know better next time. When they died though they got flushed, all the rest (2 pandas and my first school of 5 pentezona barbs that had ich) were all taken care of by the fish store as they died within a week.

 

[Mizuro Ami]

My pets have always gone into the garden. Fish, birds, lizards, snakes, guinea pigs, you name it. When I was young, they were usually placed in a nice box. Now that I have my own children, I'm back to doing that again.

how many pets did you lose?!

i buried my two turtles somewhere in the backyard when i was little, mom threw away all the dead fish, and when my betta died i buried him at school and the others trashed.

 

[fufanu360]

garbage or toilet

 

[-cAtFiSh-]

i bury mine

 

[Dwarfs]

It depends on the pet, when big Mo died, I buried her because she was my favorite fish, I bury my lizards too, because they are important to me. Small fish with no personalities go straight to the toilet, tetras, danios, etc. I like all of my fish though, but not equally

 

[isu_guy]

Somewhere I read that flushing wasn't the best way to dispose of dead fish. Dead fish might have disease and flushing might work their way into some other eco system and wipe out other fish. Seemed a bit far fetched. I would think that if the other stuff that goes down the toilet works it way into an eco system it would be worse than a diseased fish.

On a slightly related topic. I was reading in my scuba diving magazine about eco systems being hurt by fishkeepers releasing their fish that they can no longer care for as opposed to finding some other fishkeeper or destroying the fish. It sounds bad but someone released a northern snakehead in chicago's burnham harbor and "it can wreak havoc on freshwater ecosystems" so says the magazine. I'm not saying its true or not, but we should realize that introducing a fish into an ecosystem that it isn't natural to is just that Not Natural. Spare the native fish and don't mess with mother nature's ecosystems.

 

[Synirr]

I've only lost one fish that was too big to flush (which is my prefered method of disposal,) so I just threw him over the fence and into our pasture for ants and whatnot to eat. He was a really ugly angelfish who got lip rot at one time and lacked an upper lip.

 

[Whiskerz]

I flush them

The biggest fish I have would be my angelfish so I think when he goes (don't like thinking about it) I will probably bury him

 

[Angel Lady]

I put mine in a bottle of vineager and keep them I dont have the heart to flush them or burry them either. So I just pickle them and keep them.

 

[Synirr]

I put mine in a bottle of vineager and keep them I dont have the heart to flush them or burry them either. So I just pickle them and keep them.

That's creepy, but at the same time, a really good idea. I bet jars of dead fish would make great conversation pieces for my room
I already have a jarred kitten that came from my high school anatomy class...

 

[jflowers]

I drop them in my snail tank, they are gone in a few hours. Slowers than Piranahs, but just as efficient

Jon

 

[Griz]

My pets have always gone into the garden. Fish, birds, lizards, snakes, guinea pigs, you name it. When I was young, they were usually placed in a nice box. Now that I have my own children, I'm back to doing that again.

how many pets did you lose?!

Umm... all of them ?
Well, except for the ones we have now.

Yes, we had quite a little pet cemetary in the back yard. I kept just about everything when I was younger. My son seems to be following in my footsteps, he's constantly bringing things home.