Every time someone new comes over they always ask about my fish as they hear the running water and know I am into the fish hobby.
Today my neighbor came over and asked to see them as she hadn't seen them in a while. I went over to feed one of the Oscars and he started his "happy dance cause its food time" bit. She was real impressed by how much that he, like her dog, acted at the idea of food being served. She started giggling when she realized he recognized the package of food and was "begging" for some.
I then took her into the other room where the other Oscar is located and this one was far more expressive than the first one was. She asked me if they can really recognize the food package. I assured her they could. I let him swim away and then I caught his attention and shook the food package at him. He came right back to "the feeding spot" and danced for more food.
She was dumbfounded and admitted that she never thought of fish as being able to be a "pet" and understood how wrong she had been. When the other fish joined the Oscar in the food begging, she was full of amazement. She was both entertained and educated at the same time without me saying a word!
Today my neighbor came over and asked to see them as she hadn't seen them in a while. I went over to feed one of the Oscars and he started his "happy dance cause its food time" bit. She was real impressed by how much that he, like her dog, acted at the idea of food being served. She started giggling when she realized he recognized the package of food and was "begging" for some.
I then took her into the other room where the other Oscar is located and this one was far more expressive than the first one was. She asked me if they can really recognize the food package. I assured her they could. I let him swim away and then I caught his attention and shook the food package at him. He came right back to "the feeding spot" and danced for more food.
She was dumbfounded and admitted that she never thought of fish as being able to be a "pet" and understood how wrong she had been. When the other fish joined the Oscar in the food begging, she was full of amazement. She was both entertained and educated at the same time without me saying a word!
but yeh the fish have become "family" they have such unique personalities
