18/05/2020
For our last animal spotlight post, im actually going to be covering quite a few of my pets. And dont get me wrong, its not because I love them any less, its just because 1. I dont have many pictures of them and 2. The stories on how i got them arent as interesting so I couldn't make a full post out of each one.
Im gonna start with my bettas and other fish. We have violet, a purple and black female crowntail whom ive had for a little over 2 years now. She lives in a 20 gallon tank with lots of cory cats (who are all named after the simpsons). Next we have Allen, a platinum dragon scale betta. Ive had him for about a year and a half and unfortunately he is mostly blind due to a condition called Diamond Eye, but he navigates his tank just fine. Barnabas is a blue delta tail that was given to me for my birthday by one of my best friends. He lives in a 10 gallon with 2 black kuhli loaches, Macaroni and Ziti. My sister also has a betta named Sad Man who she keeps in the bathroom (he doesnt understand the meaning of privacy).
In my dads office in the basement, we have 2 crayfish named Gumbo and Freddie. They are both rescues. Gumbo was rescued from the feeder tank from when I worked at Petco, and I found her with a whole in her shell. After a few molts, it was all repaired and shes happy and healthy now! Shes about 5 inches long and lives with 3 guppies. My electric blue crayfish, Freddie was rehomed to me from a family who couldnt keep him anymore. Hes very shy and spends most of his day hiding, but is the sweetest crayfish ive ever had. Crayfish are super underrated pets and I think more people would enjoy them if they knew more about them.