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	stupid jumping female!!
rewd Big Fish Posts: 351 Votes: 0 Registered: 29-Aug-2003	Changing the water in my female's bowl today (yea bowls suck... space crunch) when i was pouring her into a smaller bowl I use to house them when I do this. I still don't know exactly how it happened but she jumped into my kitchen sink which had some water in it, however I'd just washed my hands so it was soapy! She was only in it for a few seconds.. I know dish soap is deadly to fish so I was wondering how this might affect her. Crossing my fingers hoping this little stunt of her's won't bring her any harm. [span class="edited"][Edited by Rewd 2004-07-29 17:56][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:49
amilner Big Fish Posts: 429 Kudos: 654 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Jul-2004	Sorry to say this but you are (and more importantly - she is) very lucky if she survives a soap bath. The toxicity of the chemicals 'should' prove fatal..... sorry, I hope I'm wrong.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:49
Lyndzi Fish Addict Posts: 546 Kudos: 226 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Jul-2003	I had a male that jumped into a sink full of warm, soapy dirty dish water, I couldn't even see him in the sink, he was white and the water was white.. what a nightmare! He lived though, but a couple months later he developped really strange symptoms and died. Maybe it was a lasting effect? Keep her very clean and stress free, you never know!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:49
kitten Fish Guru Meow? Posts: 2266 Kudos: 2194 Votes: 19 Registered: 18-Nov-2003	I had one of my males jump into the sink, too... thankfully not full of soap, but he almost went down the drain! I was cursing at him as I managed to flip the strainer down into the drain and he landed in it. He was probably coated in leftovers from dinner and the remains of soap suds from dish washing (eww). However, he's been fine for months and is one of my healthiest betta boys. shrugs ~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:49
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	one of my females jumped out but still made it. i for got to leave the cover on.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:49
rewd Big Fish Posts: 351 Votes: 0 Registered: 29-Aug-2003	well it's been a few weeks now and I'm very happy to report this female is doing just as wonderful as ever. she's such a great fish... gotta recommend betta girls to anyone
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:49
fry Enthusiast Posts: 243 Kudos: 195 Votes: 3 Registered: 27-Jul-2004	conclusions: 1. betta girls have the ability to spot kitchen sinks and jump over there. 2. they have anti-soap mechanism scientists still can figure out how they spot the sink so well.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:49


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