u/Heather_Bea

I am attempting to create healthier betta fish by combining wild types with plakats. The end goal is to have spadetail koi Hybrids that live 3-5 years.

So far my oldest spawn is 1.5 years old and is thriving!

These bettas are part of my hybrid project where I am combining wild and plakat bettas in order to create healthier betta fish.

I also have lots of females available for $10 each, some are sorority friendly in 30+ gallon tanks.

Shipping is available (usually around $20 for 3 day shipping, $55 for overnight)

This cutie has been with me for a week now. He was surrendered for behavior issues from his family that had him since 8 weeks. He had two level 2 bites in his first foster home in situations that did not call for bites. (Reacting during petting/affection time, and reaching over his head to pass a phone), then was with a Board and Train for the past 3 months. We are fostering him to see how he acclimates back into a normal home.

So far everything is going well. We are treating him as if he is a bite risk, doing minimal handling, being very careful during interactions, always asking for consent before touching, but other then some resource guarding with food and fear with walking (which we expected), he seems perfectly normal. He comes up and sits for pets, takes treats politely, and is super easy to have in the house.

The thing is, I 100% believe he will bite again if put in the wrong situation, but maybe now that he had consistency and stability he is more resilient? We are only a week in so things can definitely change at any moment, but I feel like I am being pulled into a false sense of security with him.

Anyone else take bite dogs? When do yall feel like they are "cured" and ready to be listed for adoption?

First pic of her from 2021, second from Monday, 3rd is what I picked up from my local garden center today. I am so fucking distraught. I asked for the remnants back but the woman who did the replant was busy. I cried. I am still crying.

Edit: Just to clarify, this was in the care of my grandma for the past 30 years and was thriving. She went to a nursing home a few months ago. My mom has been taking care of the house and placed the plants outside where they were subjected to freezing temps, rain, and a drought. The snake plant is doing ok, but my great grandmas Christmas Cactus was decimated. When I got there on Saturday, she was both waterlogged and dried up. I knew it was a long shot, but I am still so sad at the remnants. She will regrow, there is hope, but I am in my feels at the moment.

I think some family members also took parts of her. She is so much smaller then before. (3rd photo is of her from 2021)

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I dropped her off with a local nursery, hoping they can get her cleaned up and repotted. What are the chances they can fix her?

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Throwback to my favorite male! They produced some lovely koi bettas with a nice iridescent coverage.

For more context, my grandparents started going downhill 2 years ago. I alerted the family, all of whom were out of state, but was met with indifference. After pressing further I was able to convince my mom to at least take away my dementia grandmother's driver's license, which was made possible through my grandfather.

Last fall my grandfather got extremely sick. My grandmother, trying to help, was endangering him through hiding his meds, messing with his breathing tube, and taking him out of the hospital against doctors wishes.

I gave my mom 3 options, either she moves in with them, I move in with them, or we use their massive wealth to hire caretakers. She refused everything. I put a bandaid on their care by hiring a caretaker I could afford to stop by once a week, but she made it very clear that they needed more care. I pressured my mom to either move in or let me get them actual care and she moved in.

Despite being there she was not involved at all. She let my grandmother handle all his care and hid in her room. When I visited in mid December the place was covered in actual shit. She refused to clean up after him or acknowledge that there was a problem.

After I left I sent her a nice email stating how much I appreciated her being there and how I wanted to make her life easier by hiring a maid service to stop by once a week so she could focus on their care, as well as a few other things we could do to support them better. She deleted the email without reading it and yelled at me for interfering.

A few days later I caught wind that my grandma was still driving so I called the non-emergency line to ask about next steps. A cop stopped by the house to inform them that she cant be driving and if they find her doing so she will get a ticket. In retaliation, my grandma drove to the police station to complain. My grandfather died a few days later from something that I had outlined in my email as an issue.

After the funeral my mom reinstated my grandmother's license. I dont know how. But that was the straw that broke the camels back. I told her to cancel her trip to visit me and that I didn't want to see her. That was 5 months ago.

I guess its been enough time for her and she is starting to reach out. I don't know if I will ever be able to look at her the same way. I dont miss the chaos she brings to my life, but I do miss her in some weird way. Anyways, this was her response to the only contact I have had with her.