DEATH WHAT DO YOU DO?

[wellington]

I had a few different dog face puffers over the years. To this day they are one of my favorite fishes. My first one lived in a tank right next to my bed when I was a teenager. He'd occasionally wink at me, or tuck one of his pectoral fins in and freak me out. The first time he did that I thought one of the triggers ate his fin...

So sorry you lost him.

Thanks. I think they have the perfect name. They are kinda like a dog In some ways.

 

[Angi]

Sorry for your loss. When my son's Beta died he insisted on a little funeral. So he picked out a cactus he liked. We dug a hole put Ron in and then planted the cactus on top. We also have a statue of a fish near by. It made him feel better and that was all that mattered.

 

[wellington]

Sorry for your loss. When my son's Beta died he insisted on a little funeral. So he picked out a cactus he liked. We dug a hole put Ron in and then planted the cactus on top. We also have a statue of a fish near by. It made him feel better and that was all that mattered.

That is so sweet.

 

[StudentoftheReptile]

or I would let it deteriorate and preserve the shell

I think this is the route I would take. That way I could have the shell as a tangible memento of the animal. And letting the remains deteriorate, as lazy or barbaric as that may sound, is way of returning the animal back to the earth (that whole circle of life thing).

 

[EKLC]

I would drive out to the country and bury my tort

 

[alben909]

Hi sorry about your loss

 

[wellington]

Hi sorry about your loss

Thank you

 

[cherylim]

Just a little tortoise here, but I have a pet cemetary near my house that he'll be going to if he passes away before I do. I'd probably see about keeping his shell, too. He'd get a proper grave with a headstone, and I'd visit regularly and put down flowers. He's already such a huge part of my life, and we could have decades more to share yet.

My fiancé has a goldfish that's almost 26, living with his mum. I imagine when he passes it'll be hard to just throw him away.

 

[yarok]

Barb,
How sad. I would have to say I never admitted to anyone, besides my hubby, how sad it was to lose my 14 yr old, weird type of cat fish, pleco thing. I never knew what he was and never saw another,but when he died I was feeling how you are.
So yes fish are so cool!!
SO sorry for your loss, 20 yrs wow!!
We now have 8 acres so I at least don't have to worry about where they are to go. But I hope they last longer than me!!
Nay

damm, thats freakin awsome. If i had 8 acres id start my own zoo.

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Dog faced puffers are awsome. Sorry.

 

[wellington]

Barb,
How sad. I would have to say I never admitted to anyone, besides my hubby, how sad it was to lose my 14 yr old, weird type of cat fish, pleco thing. I never knew what he was and never saw another,but when he died I was feeling how you are.
So yes fish are so cool!!
SO sorry for your loss, 20 yrs wow!!
We now have 8 acres so I at least don't have to worry about where they are to go. But I hope they last longer than me!!
Nay

damm, thats freakin awsome. If i had 8 acres id start my own zoo.

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Dog faced puffers are awsome. Sorry.

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Thanks to both.