The Fins and Fur of the Family

Yesterday morning I decided to give my fish a treat. I fed them bloodworms instead of flakes. They love them! My favorite part is watching them swim around with their little "snorkels" during breakfast. They take part of the worm in, swim a bit, then gulp more in, swim a bit - it takes a few bites. They are so silly when they have half a worm hanging out. It literally looks like a snorkel.

I have a male Betta (Siamese Fighting Fish) named Poseidon, a female Betta named Saphire (My original female was Artemis, Poseidon got lonely when she died), 4 zebra Danios (John, Paul, Ringo and Tigger), 5 Glofish (Also Danios, but neon colored red - named Charmander, orange - named Sunburst, yellowy green is Pikachu, purple is Amethyst, and blue is Saphira), and an Otocinclus Catfish named Bast (after the Egyptian cat goddess, she's our catfish goddess). All of the plants in my tank are real. The fake ones collect too much algae. I have Anubias, Argentine Swords, a Coconut and one I am not sure of currently (It was in the clearance tank and looked pretty). They are my calming therapy.

The dogs are nuts. I was doing laundry and Bailey, the older of the two decided lying in front of the dryer would be great. So much for finishing my laundry, I couldn't reach over her and she refused to move. The other dog, Buddy (or Sir Budrick, as I like to call him), continuously wanted to go outside! I let him out THREE times in an hour! Of course, Bailey refused to get up. She preferred to wait until I wasn't looking and then pee on the floor. Old age and incontinence issues get her pretty far.

While I was throwing a towel on the kitchen floor, I heard a CRASH! Oh no! There's my kitten, Seiji (pronounced Say-gee, it's Japanese for "lawful"), being anything but lawful. The hamster cage was knocked off the cabinet and leaning on the fish tank! Luckily, the little Hammie, Simon, was curled up in his sleeping quarters and did not get knocked out. And there's the cat, sitting there looking at me as if to say, "What? I don't know how that got like that."

Sheesh!