A fish almost killed me today.

You have to understand we are big critter lovers. Once we had to wait till a huge wood spider delivered her babies, to use the front door--every night she would spin the most intricate, beautiful web--it covered both front doors. After a few months hubby found Charlotte on the ground, shrivled up. He got a matchbox and we had a formal ceremony, buried her in the garden.

Painting and cleaning gutters cease until baby birds who take up residence on her house leave.

Daughs fish had been sick. ....never had any luck with goldfish. Darn. Today, found her fishy floating upright--eyes wide open. Wanted to spare her. Took sweet fishy with his bowl of water out to garden. Dug. Stood, wiped my hands and picked up dead fishy in bowl. Getting ready to tilt fishy out of bowl, and FISHY.JUMPS. RIGHT. OUT. OF. BOWL. Swear to goodness. RIGHT. OUT.

I fell backwards, glass bowl went flying. I almost broke my neck.

Your day?

Jean Marie said:

Exactly.

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Careful Jean-Marie, Wendy the barn holds secret powers...

Yeshanu said:

Kimmi, one of the reasons you might not have had any luck with goldfish is that you keep them in bowls. Goldfish need a big tank with lots of aeration, because they grow to become big fish. I have two of them, and they reside in a tank that would hold twenty guppies. And despite the green scum on the side of the tank (I really must clean it tonight!) they're thriving. And growing.

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I'm done with fish--but my newt is doing fine in gold-fish bowl--8 years old my baby is!

Perks said:

I had to catch a Pleco nearly a foot long a couple of weeks ago. I finally got rid of my tank and a local restaurant wanted him as janitor for their koi pond. My net wasn't big enough. It was very scary.

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Those are so cool!

reigningcatsndogs said:

I'll spare you the details of my critter encounter today, Kimmi, since it has almost already killed two threads here!

BIG FRIGGING BULLSNAKE AT MY BACKDOOR!

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snapper--crapper. I'm gonna die out at my farm--there are moccassions and rattlers..Oh, I forgot..EEEKS! Do they have snake repellent?


Spelling is outta whack tonight--please excuse--I'm being lazy!

brokenfingers said:

Just out of curiosity, your fish isn't named Lazarus, is it?

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Rising Sun... close enough?

Soccer Mom said:

I have the world's oldest goldfish. 3 years last october. This was a free carnival goldfish. He's as long as my hand.

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Wowza. They are pretty...But after the attack on me today--no more gold fish for ME family!! I'm gonna have wet dreams tonight.


Ahh, snap. I bet SK catches that...

Jean Marie said:

My betta's don't last too long. They get flushed, does that make me bad?

I had one that lasted 3 years.

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I always turn the lights on when I tinkle at night just for that reason, JM. Don't want something biting my hiney.

Jean Marie said:

'Course he'll catch it, he's a fisherman. He'll reel it in and use it as bait for later

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bet he doesn't.

Jean Marie said:

Oh gawd, I've had nightmares about that one...the circling gator in the bowl...

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water snakes...EEEPS the worst...