I tried showing him them when they were still in the cup and bag and I don't think he realized anybody was in there. I picked him up and showed him the tank and I don't think he noticed them, either. Maybe eventually when CuChulainn is swimming around while he's looking he'll finally notice him. Yuan does like Cat TV videos on YouTube, so he'd probably like to watch the tank. Thankfully it's a 10 gallon and I made a lid for it so he shouldn't (hopefully) be able to get at them!
Cats are evil. They can get into anything. Try hiding the catnip. I had a cat kill a entire 600 gallon aquarium full of fish.. the lid was cat proof.. but in his excitement at batting the fish thru the glass he hit the heater and turned it up... killed everything.. prolly $1000 in salt water fish.. cats are evil. Doesn't mean I don't want one.
😲 Ohhhhhh man! And here I thought it was tragic that 20+ years ago Deidre ate my betta Yoshimitsu. Back in the day I didn't know any better about how bettas need more room, and so I just had him in a little bowl (the pet store guy assured me that was cool, they lived in puddles, etc. Now I know best advice is a minimum of 5 gallons, and I feel bad that I had my previous fishies in WAY too small of a space). He was up on a VERY crowded shelf, about 5 feet up. She had lived with him for a year and a half and never paid him any mind. Then one day I came home from work, and his bowl was on the floor ...as well as his tail. She had eaten the rest of him. :(
I mean, she was just doing what was natural to her, but I felt terrible. So even before I knew that bettas actually need more space, I was like, "OK, if I ever get fish again, I am getting a tank that is too heavy for a cat to knock over, and with a lid... "
Thankfully because I keep my apartment around 80 degrees year round (yes hi I am one of those popsicle people), I don't need a heater for this tank because the temp is fine without it, so no danger on that score!
I tried showing him them when they were still in the cup and bag and I don't think he realized anybody was in there. I picked him up and showed him the tank and I don't think he noticed them, either. Maybe eventually when CuChulainn is swimming around while he's looking he'll finally notice him. Yuan does like Cat TV videos on YouTube, so he'd probably like to watch the tank. Thankfully it's a 10 gallon and I made a lid for it so he shouldn't (hopefully) be able to get at them!
Cats are evil. They can get into anything. Try hiding the catnip. I had a cat kill a entire 600 gallon aquarium full of fish.. the lid was cat proof.. but in his excitement at batting the fish thru the glass he hit the heater and turned it up... killed everything.. prolly $1000 in salt water fish.. cats are evil. Doesn't mean I don't want one.
😲 Ohhhhhh man! And here I thought it was tragic that 20+ years ago Deidre ate my betta Yoshimitsu. Back in the day I didn't know any better about how bettas need more room, and so I just had him in a little bowl (the pet store guy assured me that was cool, they lived in puddles, etc. Now I know best advice is a minimum of 5 gallons, and I feel bad that I had my previous fishies in WAY too small of a space). He was up on a VERY crowded shelf, about 5 feet up. She had lived with him for a year and a half and never paid him any mind. Then one day I came home from work, and his bowl was on the floor ...as well as his tail. She had eaten the rest of him. :(
I mean, she was just doing what was natural to her, but I felt terrible. So even before I knew that bettas actually need more space, I was like, "OK, if I ever get fish again, I am getting a tank that is too heavy for a cat to knock over, and with a lid... "
Thankfully because I keep my apartment around 80 degrees year round (yes hi I am one of those popsicle people), I don't need a heater for this tank because the temp is fine without it, so no danger on that score!