Boris the run-away

18 September 2007 11:00 PM

Boris scared the hell out of me 2 days ago. When I come home, I usually go see him a little, but he wasn’t there when I did.

I even turned the aquarium around to make sure but he was nowhere to be seen. After looking around, I found him underneath the heater. I think the cats scared him because he roared really loud when we took him back to his aquarium. We immediately blocked the access with cardboard until we find a more aesthetic solution.

At first he seemed to have difficulty with his legs but today he seemed in shape.

We had installed a new rock a few days back, which allowed him to do his stunt. You can see him with the stone before it happened:

Boris in front of his new rock

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Boris choked on his food

10 September 2007 10:33 PM

Nous avons récemment acheté un plus gros pot de crevettes séchées pour Boris, afin d’économiser un peu. Le lendemain, après l’avoir nourri, nous l’avons vu avec la bouche très grande ouverte.

Il avait l’air souffrant et ça m’a beaucoup inquiétée. Heureusement il a réussis à recracher ce qui l’avait étouffé, une crevette assez grosse.

C’est là qu’on a réalisé que ce pot contenait des crevettes plus grosses. On lui en a redonné par la suite en le surveillant, et depuis il fait attention. En fait il ne mange plus les grosses crevettes, ce que je trouve intelligent.

Ça peut sembler banal mais il a appris à faire attention après une seule mauvaise expérience alors que Nuage, elle, s’est fréquemment étouffée en mangeant trop vite, et n’a jamais appris. Les tortues seraient-elles plus intelligentes que les chats? Probable!

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My lazy cats

10 September 2007 12:18 AM

My cats are getting lazy lately :)

Nuage is relaxing

Tempête is yawning

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Here are my janitor fishes

3 September 2007 2:51 PM

Although small, cat fishes are really efficient at cleaning an aquarium…

cat fishes

…especially with the assistance of our window cleaner, Squeegee:

Squeegee the plecko

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