Score At Petsmart!

[Tangerinefizz]

I am so stoked! I had to go to Petsmart to buy supplies for our office rats, and decided to take some extra time and check out the fish. A few weeks ago they had a huge shipment of female bettas in, and in the midst of all of them I noticed a little red dt that caught my eye. I couldn't get her that day, but promised if she was still there when I came next, I would try to get her.

Well today, I checked it out. I looked and looked for the little red dt, but couldn't find her exactly. Just then, my eye catches a little non-descript black and white marble dt female! She is sooooo teeeny tiny! I couldn't resist, I got her!

She is acclimatizing to the water and temp in my office at the moment, and is sooooo small it's not funny. She is soooo cute!!

Incidentally l.michelle, if you see this, they had a few more dt females and ct females mixed in with that tank, all for the low price of 3.99. AND, Big Al's has some black females in! I was so tempted to get another but 2 fish at the office is pushing it as it is, and I have no room at home.

 

[betta_grl]

Congrats
What's her name??

 

[liz2]

you got office rats??

 

[fuman_chica]

you got office rats??

Apparently "pet" office rats at that!!!
Rats are awesome!


And I would love to see pictures of the new girl!!

 

[starrynightxxi]

aw! i'd fill my house with DTs if i could.


oh, and to echo liz, office rats? you must have some pretty cool coworkers (and managers) to get away with rats in the building.

 

[Tangerinefizz]

Yup! I am lucky to have some of the best co-workers and bosses in the world. Our director, and senior lawyer brought the rats in! They are named Poppy (black and white) and Isolde (brown rexish) They have a great life here!

I will bring my camera to work tomorrow and take pictures of both the "old" office fishie, Mohican, and the new girl tomorrow. She is soooooo small.

I am smitten with her already though! I just had to crush some pellets for her since they are too big for her to eat. They co-operated and broke into 4 pieces for me, and she ravenously ate them! I don't think she was getting much to eat in the big tank at all. I have put her beside Mohican's 2.5 gal, and she's in his old 1 gal. I think she likes it!

She is soooooo freakin cute!!

 

[starrynightxxi]

i've gotten them that small before i don't know if it's age or genetics or being stunted, but yeah, sometimes they come in really really little. They're resourceful little buggers. my really tiny girl would grab a whole pellet in her mouth (well, a corner of one, anyway) and carry it around until it softened enough to be eaten.