Posted on 10/15/2013 2:05:54 PM PDT by JoeProBono
You can tell a lot about a store by the way they treat their prisoners.
I thought I was reading about hand guns at first...
Go Fish !!!
:)
Not to defend Walmart or the practice, but what is the industry standard? I have seen Betas in those containers in many places. Did you take action like calling the ASPCA or (GASP)PETA? or just share your outrage here?
Hugh & Feries !!
I’ve seen food in the beta containers.
We had a betta three years or more years and never used a whole 2oz can of fish food to feed him during that time.
We had a betta three years or more years and never used a whole 2oz can of fish food to feed him during that time.
It’s not too easy to sell a dead fish. I call BS.
I’m not disputing or arguing, just asked a question because over the years Ive seen these fish confined to miniscule containers and have often wondered do they place them in tanks at night and re package them in the morning or what?
(Joe, you be psychic?...give me today's Mega Millions numbers?)
Parrot fish?
They would stay in the little “cups.” Bettas aren’t terribly successful in larger tanks.
I have a betta named Mako. Do you feed yours live food? I never feed anything else. Siamese Fighting Fish thrive on it.
Bettas are perfectly happy in very small containers. They originally lived in shallow mud puddles in Thailand (hence the name, Siamese fighting fish). They’re lung breathers, not gill breathers, so as long as they’re able to surface and get some air they’re okay.
However, it’s generally advisable to feed them every other day, so the thought of not feeding them for perhaps days or weeks at a time is a bit disturbing. OTOH, perhaps the staffer that said that was just pulling the busy-body’s leg by saying oh,no, of course they never feed them! (Ive been known to do that ... when people ask STUPID questions about our twin sons, I often make up the most outlandish thing I can think of just to see if I can get the nosey parker to believe it! LOL!) So I would inquire about Walmart’s actual official policy regarding bettas rather than just believe some blog or email.
they aren’t dead, just resting
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