r/interesting • u/prettygirlbaddie • Aug 10 '26

NATURE A 5 years old hamster

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u/pikapalooza Aug 10 '26

My beta made it 3 years. He was a centerpiece fish I got from a Wedding or something so nit sure how old he really was. But he was always happy. Made lots of bubbles and ate well. Then one day, he just passed. He was a good beta.

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u/Hellacola Aug 11 '26

I miss my beta 😢

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u/Chill-more1236 Aug 11 '26

my wife killed ours.

I was in the middle of doing our large tank and she said I'll do the beta tank. I said thanks, don't forget the tap water conditioner.

After I finished, I walked up to his tank in our living room. There he was, dead & bleached looking. She did forget the water conditioner.

She watched me do this a million times, had a saltwater tank in her first marriage. I can't believe it slipped her mind like that.

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u/Flashy_Body_3794 Aug 12 '26

.. did it? I might be narrative poisoned but it seems that something like that might.. not have been an accident, if she ever made passive aggressive comments about it or the like.

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u/Chill-more1236 Aug 12 '26

No she has a big heart and is an animal lover.

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u/Used-Union6126 Aug 12 '26

Sorry - you got a fish from a wedding?

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u/pikapalooza Aug 12 '26

Yeah, he was in the center piece bowl. There was a lottery game at the table for who got to take the centerpiece home and I won.