March Posts Fish Updates

Hi, it’s HmsDavid here again and on this post, I will be writing about another update on my fish and basically what’s going on with them now since I have not done an updates in a while.

So first I will be starting off as always with my fish. So my betta fish have been doing alright the little babies are growing up just fine my males are getting bigger and my baby female is starting to develop eggs in her ovaries. My adult male and female bettas are breeding once again but for whatever reason, it seems like they are not successful because they do everything right but she doesn’t lay eggs she just keeps getting bigger and bigger with a bunch of eggs. And now she also lives in the same tank with the male because he has gotten used to her and is not as aggressive as before with her.

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Next, I will be talking about my Tilapia. So they have been doing just fine the babies are getting their adult colors around this time and I think that soon it will be time to release them into the wild so I can make space for more babies in the future. I do plan on keeping a few babies which are the biggest and most healthy out of the brood so I can replace the parents if they ever die and I can still have a good breeding colony. The adults are just living their life just fine although they are eating a lot more bloodworms for protein than just flakes because in the summer they will start breeding like crazy and produce hundreds of offspring.

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And lastly, I will be talking about my guppies. They have been probably I would say the best out of all my fish because they have been reproducing real good, eating a lot. Since the last pets update post they have had about close to 15 babies or more which is a lot and now I think for a total I have about 35-40 guppies. And for them too since they are breeding a lot more I have to add more food/protein into their diets so they won’t get hungry and eat their babies when they give birth. And that it is guys thanks for reading another one of my awesome post put in the comments what I should write about next bye.

March Posts Finch Nest

Hi, it’s HmsDavid and on this post, I will be writing about a Common Waxbill Finch nest I have been watching and keeping track of for about one month.

So, about a month ago from today I found a pair of Common Waxbill Finches building a nest in my neighbors’ Mango tree across the street from my house. I was very excited and thought this would be the perfect opportunity to get some great pictures and learn more about these little birds. So I watched them almost every day watching the nest building progress from just weeds/grass everywhere to slowly forming a ball. When the pair was about finished I was just amazed by the size and the complexity of the nest because finches I think are the only birds that have 2 nests in one.

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So on the top is called the Rudimentary nest or Cocks nest and as by the name that is where the male usually sleeps while the female is in the main nest tending to the eggs and the babies. The nest is close to the size of a volleyball and is green when built and turns brown over time indicating that either the babies are already big and ready to leave the nest or they are about to. These birds use weeds, and grass to build their nest and they will add small chest feathers of other birds that they find and on occasion they will use trash like cigarettes, and plastic material. And lastly you are probably wondering how do they get into this big ball-shaped nest so, they make a tunnel at the very bottom of the nest and they just fly straight into it.

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So now that you guys have some information I hope you understand better what is going on in my story that I will now conclude soon. After the nest was done being built it was about a month until they finally laid their eggs, and I couldn’t check how many there were or anything because unlike other birds they can smell human scent so I always kept my distance. But it wasn’t long before I started to see damage on the nest and that made me really worried because I thought that the rats did that but it was just the parents so that was a huge relief for me. Just a couple days ago when I check on them I didn’t see either of the parents for a while and I waited until sunset and they didn’t come back and I was worried they abandoned it and for some reason, I don’t know they did. They left behind 3 white eggs that were dead the size of a penny and I was really sad but I just had to move on about it. Well, I hope you guys liked this post tune into the next one I will see you all later bye.

March Posts Pumpkin’s Vet Operation

Hi, it’s HmsDavid and on this post, I will be writing about my cat’s mouth operation.

So first off I want to give you guys a little bit of information on how my cat Pumpkin got to this point to where he had to get a long operation on his mouth. About since my cat was 2 years old when my parents and I took him in for a yearly checkup at The Cat Clinic and they noticed that he was missing some adult teeth and after doing some tests they said he had something called Gingivitis. Gingivitis is a common periodontal disease sign of it are usually red and puffy gums. So now back to the story, so over the course of 2 years, it had gotten worse and they said they would have to do an expensive operation to help him feel better and not cause him to lose all his teeth and get further health issues.

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Deciding on this operation was a hard decision because one it was $1,600 and two he was going to be under Anesthesia so there is a slight chance he could not wake up from it and die while under. After a while, we made the decision to go ahead with it and in about a month from then it was the day of the operation. That morning of the operation when I was going to school we put him in the carrier and I just said my goodbyes and wished him luck, and that whole day all I thought about was if he was going to be okay. In the afternoon when school was over my mom picked me up and there he was all loopy in the front seat I was so happy to see him.

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I remember him looking at me in the front seat and although he was very tired after a stressful day I was happy and he was happy it was all over. So currently right now he is doing excellent at home except that our other cat Cinnamon is not very happy with him and on occasion, she will attack him but not really bad though. And he used to be on some pain medications for the first few days but now only for about a week or so more he is on antibiotics to prevent any infections and he should be fine from there. Well, thanks for reading my post I will eventually write another post about Pumpkin and his further progress see you next time bye.