Can Beta fish be mad a you?
 

How sad to be so young and croak. But I guess the thing is you are dead
a lot longer than you are alive. And you are old a lot longer than you
are young. Oh well. Thanks for the info.
M

Can Beta fish be mad a you?
 

How sad to be so young and croak. But I guess the thing is you are dead
a lot longer than you are alive. And you are old a lot longer than you
are young. Oh well. Thanks for the info.
M

Can Beta fish be mad a you?
 

M wrote:
Strange question I am sure, I know that some pets get upset when the
owner goes away for a while, or drops them off at the vets, do fish get
mad?

Not a strange question at all.
Bettas are aware of their surroundings.
They get to know who their keepers are. Who feeds them and changes
their water and who just lives near the tank. = )~

They do the wiggle dance for you when you walk into the room because
they are happy to see you. It's exciting to them to see you when you've
been gone.

Now, you asked if they can they be mad at you.
What is his behavior that lead you to ask this question.
Was his behavior listless, just hanging around on the bottom or
surface, not eating, etc, or was it something else. Even turning away
from you with his nosed turned up, hehe.
You know, snubbing you. Yes., they can be spoiled little brats.
Because Bettas are thinking fish, no they are not stupid like some
people think, there are reason for their behavior. It is up to the
keeper to realize what it means.
Bettas have body language that you can easily pick up, however this can
be seen more easily with a group of females.
Bettas live an average of 2-3 yrs, but many can live beyond that or
not even make to the 2 yr mark. Many things come into play when
figuring out life expectancy, so not knowing the line your Betta comes
from, only a guess of averages can be made.
Just a friendly FYI:
I noticed your misspelling of Betta to Beta. I asuume this is because a
mispronunciation (the most common reason for somebody to spell it
"beta"). It's pronounced "bet-uh" instead of "bay-tuh".
I've been a Betta fancier for nearly 28 yrs and bred them for 19 of
them.
Anything you need to know, just drop me an email directly or post here.
Either way is peachy. = )
I have several good links for proper Betta care if you'd like them.
A room temp bowl is not they way to go with these fish, and since you
didn't mention how you are keeping him, I thought I'd toss that in too.

It's the biggest mistake people make with these fish.

Can Beta fish be mad a you?
 

Aquarists (most humans for that matter) often anthropomorphize their
fish but it's important to distinguish that though your fish may act
aggressively he isn't "mad" in the human sense of the word.

Can Beta fish be mad a you?
 

"IDzine01" wrote in message
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Aquarists (most humans for that matter) often anthropomorphize their
fish but it's important to distinguish that though your fish may act
aggressively he isn't "mad" in the human sense of the word.
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People will anthropomorphize every pet keep by human beings,... not just
fish! On some of the pet groups you'd think they were discussing their
children.
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
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Can Betta fish be mad a you?
 

Koi-lo wrote:
"IDzine01" wrote in message
oups.com...
Aquarists (most humans for that matter) often anthropomorphize their
fish but it's important to distinguish that though your fish may act
aggressively he isn't "mad" in the human sense of the word.
=====================
People will anthropomorphize every pet keep by human beings,... not just
fish! On some of the pet groups you'd think they were discussing their
children.
--

Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

People will anthropomorphize every pet keep by human beings,... not just
fish! On some of the pet groups you'd think they were discussing their
children.
--
I'd have to agree that yes, there are some people that see their pets
as if they were children. Most humans will do this to either dogs,cats
or even birds. Of course add in the oddball critter here and there, but
not so much fish.
When I talk about a Betta's personality and it acting "Happy to see
you", that behavior will be the fish swimming excitedly back and forth
and could be flaring or not..aka the wiggle dance. It's acting out with
excitment to see it's keeper. It reccognizes it's keeper and will act
differently towards them. This I translate into "it's happy to see
you".
I don't care what the title of that action is, but that fish is happy
to see that particular person. There's even diferent levels of "happy"
with that dance (Betta keepers are shaking their heads uh huh).
Sometimes that fish has seen you 20 times in a row and then you're out
of the room for an hour or two. When he sees you again he'll swim over
to greet you, fins will either be erect, not flaring though-or relaxed,
but not the all out wiggle dance.
The fish is still very interested in getting your attention and seeing
what you're doing outside if his tank, but it's nothing like the....
"Oh my goodness I thought you weren't ever coming back, oh my where
were you, did you know I was hungry, who was going to feed me, I
thought I was a gonner, did you buy any Bloodworms for me, oh I'm so
happy you came back, why were you gone so long...on and on and on.
Outside the tank this looks more like wiggle dance back and forth, open
and close mouth, open and close mouth, wiggle tail, get air, do it over
again....= )