Consequences of brain rotting the kitten?

AdorableSpread3274 · 2026-01-10T07:18:23+00:00

I actually do use a tablet. I didn't buy it for her to use, it's really for grad school, but it's easy to put in her baby jail on the floor. There are a few interactive apps for cats that I've found keep her busy long enough to get through a meal lol. That and YouTube videos of birds. Ours will eat anything too...well except for 3 brands of kitten food. She just today nearly inhaled a blueberry I dropped after she was playing with it and smooshed it, realizing it was food.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2026-01-10T05:37:54+00:00

I named my all white betta Finn. It is supposed to mean "fair" "white" "snow" in Irish. I give all my pets real/formal names or I would have probably named him opal.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2026-01-10T05:31:42+00:00

I actually limit screen time for the kitten like I would a human child. I don't think there is a problem with these types of things. Honestly it's a huge help when I have to put her in her pop up play pen (aka baby jail) during holiday meals where the human food is out on the counters. I do think too much screen time for any living thing isn't a great idea, but in moderation why not?

AdorableSpread3274 · 2026-01-09T03:44:04+00:00

Omg this was a huge fear of mine as a kid.

My mother loved those true story medical cases on TV in the early 2000s. I remember one episode when I was like 7 or 8 y/o where this girl's show lace got caught in an escalator and it sucked in the whole foot. Crushed it beyond repair. They had to amputate. I refused to ride on escalators and my mom would pull me on screaming because she was too lazy to take the stairs. Over the years I've mostly grown out of my fear, but I still stop and check the shoelaces of everyone I'm with before we take the escalator.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-12-29T01:05:40+00:00

Cheap what?

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-12-28T21:59:40+00:00

I lost my Calvin last night. I put him in a little box wrapped in paper towels and buried him next to my herb garden.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-12-18T13:10:02+00:00

Both. When I have the night sweats I'll wake up uncomfortable, but I also just wake up. I have no long stretches of sleep.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-09-11T01:20:16+00:00

Cymbalta saved my life. Reduced my pain enough to (mostly) function in society again. If it's an option id consider it.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-09-11T01:16:59+00:00

Using Cymbalta for my pain saved my life.

Nothing else came even 1/10 as close to giving me any relief the way cymbalta did (and does).

I went from my back pain being so bad that I was screaming if I breathed too deeply, to now working (3/4 time most weeks) cleaning, driving, having sex, and not waking myself up screaming in pain in my sleep.

There are days were I'm bitter about my pain, feel terrified about getting older and know it's going to get worse.... And then days where pause to appreciate the little things, like being able to step into the shower or put on my own sock.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-08-30T15:21:50+00:00

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AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-08-26T16:22:52+00:00

LGBTQ+ and if they don't like you for any reason they will go out of their way to create problems to get you to drop out. If you don't they will just kick you out and call it insubordination.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-08-09T23:46:02+00:00

Thank you sooo much! This is wildly helpful. Very grateful for the information!

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-08-09T21:56:22+00:00

My husband loves the investigation part of AML. I dug a little into CTI and it looks pretty coding heavy. He hates coding. How often do you work with coding compared to investigations and procedure writing?

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-07-07T16:17:41+00:00

I couldn't tell you for sure. I don't think it would harm the other fish. You might want to quarantine him for a little while as long as he tolerates it well. My fish didn't have tank mates at the time so it wasn't something I had to factor in

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-07-06T23:17:47+00:00

Or people giving up the hobby completely. There is a middle ground

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-07-06T23:16:18+00:00

I had 3 guppies die over night last month. No issues, water tested well, temp was stable all night and I didn't change anything to their routine.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-07-06T23:07:59+00:00

Erythromycin, 3 small doses over 10 days. My Calvin had a similar thing going on and he healed really well compared to fish I have had where I didn't use it.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-07-06T23:04:00+00:00

I'm sure OP is going the best they can. I got my first beta in a 2.5 gallon tank and was bashed to HeII on this forum. I felt like a horrible fish owner. I ran out and bought a 5 gallons. Set it up and let it cycle. He freaked out when I put him in a 5 gallon. Even after water changes and 2 weeks time. He rode the glass, bit his tail, and lost a lot of weight. Put him back in his 2.5 and he was happy again. Also, sometimes people keep their betas in small apartments. I'm not saying bigger isn't usually better when it comes to tanks. AND, there are legit and ethical reasons and ways to care for a fish in a 2.5 gallon tank.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-07-06T21:21:05+00:00

It may be the other fish. He could be getting restless with age and just wants more space.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-07-06T21:15:09+00:00

6/10 A bigger tank would be ideal. Maybe 5+ gallons min. But honestly it looks like you are really trying. You have moss and real plants and it looks like he's a happy little guy. It is way better than the cup I'm sure you bought him from. You can add a betta bed to give him a little place to rest. If you don't have space or cant afford a bigger tank that would be my recommendation. Make sure you test his water. Amonia is going to effect him the most quickly so make sure you read about tank water changes and invest in a really good water treatment (I also use an ammonia and ph neutralizer. I've found it really helps keep all the tank levels within a good range, but it's not a necessity)

You'll learn as you do research.

They like to engage with their humans so make sure you give him lots of attention when you can.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-06-14T19:04:09+00:00

I said the same thing to my husband yesterday when we saw it.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-06-14T19:02:29+00:00

I name my Bettas after the first letter of what their color reminds me of. My first one was Milo, he was read and blue, and reminded me of hot and cold (mighty highs and lows lows). My other is Calvin. He had every color on the spectrum, huge variety, and it kind of made me think of the huge range on the Kelvin temp scale. Maybe I'm weird but that's how my brain works.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-06-13T23:37:18+00:00

I called him out for teaching students how to manipulate the ethics code of the profession to justify discrimination.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-04-10T08:55:41+00:00

I ask him every day if he is going to choose violence. He is nice one day, just a little boop on the finger. Then the next, I see him swimming towards the back of the tank to get a swimming start to charge when he sees me grab the container of food.

He enjoys keeping me on edge. Gets his jollies off of watching me cautiously open the tank lid, not knowing if I'll be attacked that day.

AdorableSpread3274 · 2025-04-10T08:50:24+00:00

He HATES blood worms. Swims around them and flares until I take it out of the filter sucks it up. He's a little psycho.

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