Roth Army Pets - show 'em here

[sadaist]

Good looking puppy. There is a cute stray that lives somewhere by the McDonalds here. A fenced off & closed movie theater is where he lives in the overgrown bushes i think. Can't even get close to him but he seems very nice & smart. I think a lot of people try to catch him every morning & feed him from a distance. Something is wrong with his paws but no one can get to him. A few weeks ago I saw animal control using nets to try & catch him but he was too fast. I was hoping he would get away because they'll just kill him. At least out here he has a chance. A small chance but thats better than none.

[vh rides again]

Here's a pic of some fish I raised this past year .

I posted them earlier in this thread some months back, they are quite a bit bigger and have developed a lot more color.

They are about as big as a grapefruit or a large orange.

They are called discus and come in dozens of different colors variety.

I have the parents too.


Roth And Roll

[sadaist]

Wow! Those fish are awesome. I could watch a fish tank all night. So soothing. All I've ever had myself is a beta. Fucker lived for like 3 years too.

[Angel]

Here's a pic of some fish I raised this past year .

I posted them earlier in this thread some months back, they are quite a bit bigger and have developed a lot more color.

They are about as big as a grapefruit or a large orange.

They are called discus and come in dozens of different colors variety.

I have the parents too.


Roth And Roll

Tahiti has loads of these. They swim in huge schools and bump into you. Freaks you out at first, but you get used to it.

Sent from my GS2, bitches

[vh rides again]

Tahiti has loads of these. They swim in huge schools and bump into you. Freaks you out at first, but you get used to it.

Sent from my GS2, bitches

I've never been to Tahiti, Darnit!

I can assure you these fish weren't there. The wild type of this fish comes from tributaries of the amazon river in South America .

They do get confused with being a saltwater fish but are not.

They are the king of the aquarium and through extensive breeding come in many colors.

They are the most colorful freshwater fish.


Roth And Roll

[katina]

What a very beautiful fish!!! I have a friend who is working in the Amazon Triple Frontier (Brazil, Colombia, Perú), I will ask her about Discus.
It should be great to watch them in their natural habitat.

[katina]

I never had a fish tank, I always thought that it would be very complicated. Trying to learn about Discus, I found this very informative video about Discus Aquarium Tips, from Jacobs Aquarium.
Discus seems no very complicated to rise, and check Jacobs t-shirt and little bird, I don´t know the name in english, but it looks like a little parrot.

[Angel]

I've never been to Tahiti, Darnit!

I can assure you these fish weren't there. The wild type of this fish comes from tributaries of the amazon river in South America .

They do get confused with being a saltwater fish but are not.

They are the king of the aquarium and through extensive breeding come in many colors.

They are the most colorful freshwater fish.


Roth And Roll

Whoops, it's clown fish and angel fish that bump into you in Tahiti...same shape as these, does that count?

Tahiti is INCREDIBLE! Once you've been there it's easy to see why Dave loves it so much. I've only been once, but my brother has been 5 times. I hope to make it back one day, but I would need to win a lottery first.

Sent from my GS2, bitches

[katina]

Good looking puppy. There is a cute stray that lives somewhere by the McDonalds here. A fenced off & closed movie theater is where he lives in the overgrown bushes i think. Can't even get close to him but he seems very nice & smart. I think a lot of people try to catch him every morning & feed him from a distance. Something is wrong with his paws but no one can get to him. A few weeks ago I saw animal control using nets to try & catch him but he was too fast. I was hoping he would get away because they'll just kill him. At least out here he has a chance. A small chance but thats better than none.

Pancho is a very nice dog, he is always playing and chews everything he finds.
I hope that the stray dog would survives, we don´t have animal control here, and animals have a terrible life and death, but you can´t imagine the number of abandoned animals we have living in the streets, most of them are killed by cars. There are some private shelters who rescue the injured animals, and they heal them, they don´t euthanize any dog, they have the "Disabled Club", there are dogs with only two legs, quadriplegic, blinds. etc. It´s heartbreaking, but the dogs are so happy!!! And some good people adopt them. Here is a photo of a volunteer and some of the disabled dogs.

[vh rides again]

What a very beautiful fish!!! I have a friend who is working in the Amazon Triple Frontier (Brazil, Colombia, Perú), I will ask her about Discus.
It should be great to watch them in their natural habitat.

Yep they are in those areas.

They are very different looking as a wild fish but still neat looking.

There is a lot of history regarding discus fish, they are near impossible to breed as wilds.
Only a few people have done it with the heckles.
The domestics are much easier to breed but still require huge upkeep.

They require huge water changes daily to keep them healthy and growing.

Any slacking will result in football shaped fish, they are supposed to be round, which is where the name discus comes from.
If you ever plan on trying to keep them go to a website named daah discus as a hobby, and talk to John Nicholson or Liz, they give good advice.
They are easy to keep but require lots of new water, I use 300 gallons of water a day.

Thanks for the compliment


Roth And Roll

[clarathecarrot]

I never had a fish tank, I always thought that it would be very complicated. Trying to learn about Discus, I found this very informative video about Discus Aquarium Tips, from Jacobs Aquarium.
Discus seems no very complicated to rise, and check Jacobs t-shirt and little bird, I don´t know the name in english, but it looks like a little parrot.

I have some old aquarium books from back in the day when I was into fish and they mentioned about Discus fish that in the begining of these fish as pets they couldn't figure out why the offspring kept dying and it took years to figure out how to raise them in captivity.

Collectors would and still often immediately remove the parents from the tank to protect the baby fish from canibalism.

But, it seems that the Discus adult parent fish have a slime coat on thier bodies that the fry live off of and without it they won't survive to the age where they can accept other foods.

I never had Discus fish they aren't a community type fish with the agressive species I also had...they are cool looking.

[vh rides again]

Here are a few pics and video's

This is the adult female guarding her eggs.



This is a picture of the fry hanging on the parent fish's sides.
They eat the secretion that the parents secrete on their bodies, they must eat it to survive. they are the only fish that do this.



Heres a video of the fry and parents, they were about 2 days free swimming. There were approximatly 170.



Another at 10 days



This was them at about 1.5 months




Ill post pics in about 6 months when they are adults and have developed their full colors.

[katina]

What a wonderful experience to have those fishes and raise and watch the fry grow up

[sadaist]

Pancho is a very nice dog, he is always playing and chews everything he finds.
I hope that the stray dog would survives, we don´t have animal control here, and animals have a terrible life and death, but you can´t imagine the number of abandoned animals we have living in the streets, most of them are killed by cars. There are some private shelters who rescue the injured animals, and they heal them, they don´t euthanize any dog, they have the "Disabled Club", there are dogs with only two legs, quadriplegic, blinds. etc. It´s heartbreaking, but the dogs are so happy!!! And some good people adopt them. Here is a photo of a volunteer and some of the disabled dogs.

That's awesome. My friend has a 3 legged dog that is just as happy & healthy as any dog I have ever seen. It's so sad how animals are living abandoned out there. I wish I had a huge ranch in Montana & could just get them all. Some animals have never even had a moment of love in their lives and that is awful. Cruel world we live in.

[sadaist]

This is a picture of the fry hanging on the parent fish's sides.
They eat the secretion that the parents secrete on their bodies, they must eat it to survive. they are the only fish that do this.
.

Now that is fucking insanely cool! thanks for sharing. I never knew that. And look how tiny they are. wow.



*I've seen welfare moms at the Walmart with their kids that look kinda like that too.

[Satan]

Dunno if anybody here lives anywhere near Albequrque or would be able to go there, but I stumbled on this elsewhere and thought I would throw it in to the pet thread.....



More info here

[Nitro Express]

I never had a fish tank, I always thought that it would be very complicated. Trying to learn about Discus, I found this very informative video about Discus Aquarium Tips, from Jacobs Aquarium.
Discus seems no very complicated to rise, and check Jacobs t-shirt and little bird, I don´t know the name in english, but it looks like a little parrot.

Aquariums aren't too bad in general. When you get into having live plants in fresh water or live corals in salt water lighting and water quality become more of an issue. In general, go with the biggest tank for what you are going to have in it. Smaller tanks are harder to maintain the water quality in.

[sadaist]

I have a good friend in Albuquerque. I am emailing her the info tonight. But I bet there will be a lot of takers for this dog. Sad story.

[sadaist]

Seeing that dog on the bed you can see all the medicine in the background for her owner. Heartbreaking. At least he is dying with his best friend at his side. Gotta be extra painful thinking she might go to a bad home & having to leave her. I really hope she gets a great home to put this man at ease a little.

[Nitro Express]

Brain cancer can take a person quick which sadly is a fact most of us know in here. Hopefully the owner isn't too far gone to where he can meet the person who is willing to adopt his dog.

[envy_me]

I am no fish tank person. Fish are more of a decoration then a pet. You can kiss and hug them and carry them around.

[Nitro Express]

Depends on the fish. I had a reef fish named Baku that would come up to the surface and eat out of my hand. I had a 100 gallon reef tank back when I worked long hours in a stressful job. It was therapudic just to come home and watch the fish tank.

[envy_me]

Depends on the fish. I had a reef fish named Baku that would come up to the surface and eat out of my hand. I had a 100 gallon reef tank back when I worked long hours in a stressful job. It was therapudic just to come home and watch the fish tank.

I need to be able to take an animal, lay it on it's back and kiss it's stomach, like a baby :-)

[Nitro Express]

I tickle their feet. I drive dogs nuts because I sneak up to them when they are sleeping and tickle the hair between their pads so they start to twitch their leg. I was around so many animals growing up and having to take care of them i got animaled out. My wife wanted to get horses and I resisted for a long time but finally gave in. Our kids are old enough to take care of them.

[envy_me]

I tickle their feet. I drive dogs nuts because I sneak up to them when they are sleeping and tickle the hair between their pads so they start to twitch their leg. I was around so many animals growing up and having to take care of them i got animaled out. My wife wanted to get horses and I resisted for a long time but finally gave in. Our kids are old enough to take care of them.

Oh, that's so cute. When i first got my cats both of them hated when i touched their feet. Clipping the nails was impossible. So when they would sleep and I'd pet them, i slowly got close to the feet and after a period of time they got used to it. Now they don't mind at all.

[Nitro Express]

Cats are pretty independent. They don't last long whee I live. We have too many predators (coyotes and wolves) that will do them in. We can't even leave a bird feeder out because it attracts bears.

[Nitro Express]

Bears have been a real problem the last few years and bear attacks are up. They seem to be getting more aggressive. Usually if you make noise when you are hiking they tend to avoid you. Our city has to have bear proof garbage cans to keep the bears out of the garbage.

[sadaist]

I need to be able to take an animal, lay it on it's back and kiss it's stomach, like a baby :-)

Funny, I like that done to me too.

[envy_me]

Cats are pretty independent. They don't last long whee I live. We have too many predators (coyotes and wolves) that will do them in. We can't even leave a bird feeder out because it attracts bears.

We only have foxes here that are a threat to the cats.

[envy_me]

Funny, I like that done to me too.

Hahahahaha

[WARF]

Sorry, I am late posting to this thread.

This is HERBIE, my best friend!

[katina]

Dunno if anybody here lives anywhere near Albequrque or would be able to go there, but I stumbled on this elsewhere and thought I would throw it in to the pet thread.....



More info here

I just sent this information to some Animal Rescue Associations in USA, I read that Mark, Loca´s dad, entered critical care last night, and nobody filled out an application for Loca yet.

[katina]

Great news!!!! Loca has been adopted, by a veteran who lives in Chicago. Loca will fly there by the end of the week.
I really hope Mark could know it.

[Nitro Express]

Sorry, I am late posting to this thread.

This is HERBIE, my best friend!

At least it's not Chia Pubes.

[sadaist]

Great news!!!! Loca has been adopted, by a veteran who lives in Chicago. Loca will fly there by the end of the week.
I really hope Mark could know it.

Thank you Kat! Makes me feel a whole lot better.

[WARF]

Great news!!!! Loca has been adopted, by a veteran who lives in Chicago. Loca will fly there by the end of the week.
I really hope Mark could know it.

Awesome news! It would break my heart to see an animal be put to sleep!

[Satan]

Most Unholy news about Loca. Cerberus was happy to hear it.

[katina]

Awesome story, I think today is your Veterans Day , what a coincidence.

[WARF]

katina rocks!!!!!!!!

[sadaist]

Here is the stray that lives near the McDonalds I go to a lot. No way anyone will ever catch him without getting really clever. I tried putting out canned dog food & he wouldn't touch it. Only the meat patty from a burger will he eat. Not even chicken. never seen a stray so picky but he probably gets fed a lot of McDs. I've seen him every night for 5 weeks now. Something is wrong with his front paws. Other than that he appears healthy....just dirty.