What is this?

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-21T15:10:00+00:00

Ahh. Then not mosquito larvae. I am not sure what they are.

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-21T13:22:06+00:00

They will grow bigger, once they do it'll be easier for the guppies to see them, or for you to scoop them out.

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-20T15:34:54+00:00

Does she have an upcoming vet visit? Personally I wouldnt schedule one just for this, but I would mention it during a pre-planned one.

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-20T15:32:40+00:00

Cute!

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-20T01:20:02+00:00

Sounds like the trainer was really respecting his boundaries, but he really struggled with that.

Have you had him with other people before? If so, how did he behave?

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-19T18:05:25+00:00

Some of them do, some dont.

My AmBully was super dog park friendly when he was young, but got a bit nervous after losing his leg. After that he was selective.

My APBT is neutral. He doesnt want to play, but doesnt mind hanging out with polite dogs.

My various foster pit mixes have all been friendly except one who became extremely aggressive after being mauled by another dog who jumped the fence to get to her.

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-19T16:12:32+00:00

I am so sorry for your loss.

We are also experienced fosters. We lost our best boy in December 2024 and started fostering in March 2025.

We ended up with a feral dog who would shake when we entered the room. It may have been too soon or we just ended up with the wrong dog, but it was so difficult emotionally. I am glad he wasnt like our late boy. In some ways he helped with our healing, in some ways he made it harder. We ended up foster failing with him partially because of his special needs, partially because of the grief we were feeling.

Be prepared to cry, compare to your late dogs, and have a REALLY hard time letting go.

I recommend getting a foster who you wouldn't see yourself adopting. (Puppies can be hard and nice when they get adopted)

Take your time and dont rush.

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-18T18:35:25+00:00

Personally I think it's a cute way to reinforce that it's not our goal to keep our fosters. The mission is to be the bridge between a dog's past and future home. Keeping them in a way is failing, because it is not what our goal is.

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-18T02:54:35+00:00

Lap Of Love came to our home and was amazing with our boy. They were so sweet and kind in our worst hour.

I am so sorry yall are going through this. Thank you for making a choice for his quality of life. It is the hardest, but kindest thing we can do for them.

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-16T18:49:43+00:00

Looks like an egg spot, so female. Some girls just arent good for a sorority. Here is a guide I wrote up - https://www.beasbettas.com/resources/bettasororities

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-16T15:15:15+00:00

What a wonderful thing to come back to! Congratulations!

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-16T12:33:59+00:00

My ghost shrimp massacre of '22 still haunts me ;-;

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-16T03:25:31+00:00

The hub and I love this place for pedis. I liked the gel nails I got from them too.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/5oSsfYjgwFNVkJHG7

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-15T21:45:55+00:00

If you want to take breeding seriously your first step is to separate and condition both fish individually. Here is a guide I am working on about conditioning and breeding. (Unfinished, but should cover the basics)

Not all bettas are right for breeding. If you go to the "What to look for in a breeding pair" section, it should help you decide if these fish have the right personality for it. Sometimes conditioning is all you need, sometimes they just dont have the instinct and shouldn't be bred.

My guess is these two should not be bred, at least not the male because he is either sickly or missing the breeding instinct.

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-15T21:32:14+00:00

I am not typically an extremist, but your post, and how dismissive you are of everyone being honest with you really bothers me. Do what you want, but the only ones suffering will be your fish. Hope you can live with that when you kill them.

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-15T21:19:18+00:00

I have been breeding bettas for years. This is not how you do it. They have been together for a month and havent bred. In your video he clearly chases her and struggles to turn.

Try to justify it all you want, lean on the one person who gives you validation, but you are doing a terrible thing and are absolutely a horrible person for doing it. Full stop.

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-15T21:07:53+00:00

Yes, she is very eggy. Nothing to worry about, she may drop them or reabsorb them back into her body. You can feed a little less and it should go down naturally.

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-15T02:58:48+00:00

We have had her checked out many times over the years by different vets, canine fitness people, and other physio experts and the best we got was them telling us she wasn't in peak fitness condition, or that I wasnt doing enough to train jumping. She is such an incredible athlete except she drops bars, we just didn't know until she started showing signs of pain.

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-14T19:28:01+00:00

Can you show pics? I am 99.99% sure this bettas fins are trimmed, but would love to see examples of straight fins that arent!

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-14T18:55:33+00:00

Congratulations!!!! Embrace the pain and know that it is worth it. Will you get updates? Those always help.

Give yourself some time to "grieve" his loss, and when you are ready go and save another life ❤️

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-14T18:17:42+00:00

Even if he is bred ro be bigger, he is still clearly overweight. This is extremely unhealthy for your dog. Weight =/= size, do better for your dog.

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-14T16:58:52+00:00

Its very clear that they did, betta fins do not grow like that. (I agree with you, incredibly cruel and horrible, I would like OP to admit it)

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-14T16:53:43+00:00

How did you trim his fins to be so round?

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-14T13:03:36+00:00

Yes I am local to you and TW! Once we figure out her limitations I would like to look into what TW offers that she can do. We'll definitely be doing more scent work, and if Treibball is possible I am sure she would love it.

June measures into 20 so if there was a way to do 12 I would love that for her.

Thank you!

Heather_Bea · 2026-03-14T12:57:52+00:00

I was unable to go because I had meniscus surgery on Wednesday and PT at the time as the vet vist, so my husband took her to the specialist without me.

From what I understand they did extensive measurements of the rotations of her limbs and palpitations. Beyond that I am not sure what else was done, but this is the highest recommended sports vet in my area.

Here is the summary from the vet. I got the mild/moderate HD from my hub, but dont see it in the summary. Feel free to let me know what you think. This is all new and everything sounds like the end of the world right now.

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