Monday, July 9

What's Missing From This Picture?

Caleb's fish, Fisher Eater, is no more. The worst part is that I think it is my fault! A friend was going to take care of him while we were out of town so I put him in a vase for easier transportation and I think the temperature of the new water did him in. I knew about this but did it anyway. I did try to make sure that the water was as luke warm as possible. And to my credit (sort of) he had survived the transfer many a time in the past when changing his water.

It happened Saturday night after Caleb had already gone to bed so we waited until morning to tell him. I wasn't sure if he would care since he didn't pay much attention to the fist anymore. But he was very sad when he heard the news. He didn't believe Ryan at first, he thought it was a joke. But he observed the non-moving fish laying on its side at the bottom of the vase and was convinced.

Caleb was very sad but did not cry. Poor guy. We'll get him another fish after we get back from camping. Caleb says he going to pick out a red fish this time. I just wonder what he's going to name it!

8 comments:

I am MommaCat said...

Awww....poor wittle fishy! At least Caleb is looking forward to picking out the next fish.....hope he finds that "red" one ;)

Mary said...

Oh, that's sad! I'm sure he'll be fine. We never had a fish survive for long when we were growing up!

Amanda said...

Very sad!! I'm sorry for you loss. ;)

Fish, or any animal for that matter, don't last long at our house either!

Kimberly Vanderhorst said...

Oh the heartbreak! Poor little guy...

Hope he has fun picking out a new one. =)

Danana Banana said...

Poor little guy!

That fish bowl is cute - I love the car!

Anonymous said...

Ohhh! I'm so sorry about your fish! I've been guilty of fish-o-cide a few times myself. :(

By the way.. you've been tagged!!

Anonymous said...

We made two good faith efforts at having fish with our kids...we're aren't good fish people...they've all died...no more fishies for us...

We brought home the school hamster this summer, joining our cat and dog. It's been okay but the kids are ready for the hamster to go back to school. Ebony just isn't as interactive as the other pets.

Anonymous said...

So sad.