Comments on: One Fish http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/one-fish/ connecting families with the best shopping, dining, and playing... with kids. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:45:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Amy http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/one-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-2034 Amy Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:50:14 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=2125#comment-2034 Best of luck, Kendra. We also lost a one year old betta not too awful long ago. There were tears and sobs (and a wet shirt for Daddy, who drew the short straw on breaking the news), but I think it was a pretty good lesson about loss that was easily controlled - "in a fishbowl", if you will. It's difficult to teach the little ones about huge concepts like loss, grief, and death, but I found that the dearly departed "Rainbowy Goldy" offered an easily understandable venture into that lifelong lesson. It's somehow easier to grieve over something you could never hug to begin with. That being said, I surely hope your fish just has the winter blues!! We have one betta who has been laying on the bottom of his bowl for at least 3/4 of every day for the past 8 months... He may just be kind of lazy! :) Best of luck, Kendra. We also lost a one year old betta not too awful long ago. There were tears and sobs (and a wet shirt for Daddy, who drew the short straw on breaking the news), but I think it was a pretty good lesson about loss that was easily controlled – “in a fishbowl”, if you will. It’s difficult to teach the little ones about huge concepts like loss, grief, and death, but I found that the dearly departed “Rainbowy Goldy” offered an easily understandable venture into that lifelong lesson. It’s somehow easier to grieve over something you could never hug to begin with.

That being said, I surely hope your fish just has the winter blues!! We have one betta who has been laying on the bottom of his bowl for at least 3/4 of every day for the past 8 months… He may just be kind of lazy! :)

]]> By: Melanie http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/one-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-2033 Melanie Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:37:28 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=2125#comment-2033 Hey, I once had a goldfish named Mulrooney (Named at the time for the Prime Minister of Canada, from whence he came,) that lived for 10 years! He even jumped out of the bowl twice and I found him on the floor covered in dog hair. (Let's not contemplate what my housekeeping skills might be) Don't dispair. Get a small aquarium with bubbles and don't forget to use amquel in the water. (It removes the amonia) It may be a long shot, but when Mulrooney committed Hari Kari the second time, I promised him I would get a bowl with bubbles and he lived another 4 years! And BTW a fish can go many days without food and thrive. Could he be getting overfed? Long Live Flounder. Hey, I once had a goldfish named Mulrooney (Named at the time for the Prime Minister of Canada, from whence he came,) that lived for 10 years! He even jumped out of the bowl twice and I found him on the floor covered in dog hair. (Let’s not contemplate what my housekeeping skills might be) Don’t dispair. Get a small aquarium with bubbles and don’t forget to use amquel in the water. (It removes the amonia) It may be a long shot, but when Mulrooney committed Hari Kari the second time, I promised him I would get a bowl with bubbles and he lived another 4 years! And BTW a fish can go many days without food and thrive. Could he be getting overfed? Long Live Flounder.

]]> By: admin http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/one-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-2032 admin Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:17:10 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=2125#comment-2032 I love this post Kendra! It is a tough lesson for the kids. Our dog died two years ago, and it was difficult to explain it to them. PS, I think it's funny that the first related post that the website found is a fish recipe! I love this post Kendra! It is a tough lesson for the kids. Our dog died two years ago, and it was difficult to explain it to them.

PS, I think it’s funny that the first related post that the website found is a fish recipe!

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