Want to know how Betta is shipped?

Some of these Bettas never get a break. First they are shipped in this horrible fashion and than they are takin' home by little johnny to put in his .5 gallon death bowl with no heater/light's or filtration and die a few months later. :mad2:
 
Years ago I was told they were all shipped wrapped up in wet paper towels. Their reasoning was that they are air breathers and only need to be kept from drying out. Doesn't look like they've made much of an improvement in shipping methods.
 
Aussie_hippie_2 said:
Fish and I believe birds are not covered by animal cruelty laws in the US. Apparantly fish and birds can't feel pain...

U.S animal cruelty laws make me sick.
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fish arent like you said, and some birds are covered though, like the big birds like cockatoos, macaws, amazons, african greys etc. that are.
budgies, cockatiels, finches (small birds) are not. big birds can hurt people bad, and sometimes people hurt them back. the ASPCA decided to cover the big boys of the bird world
 
jm1212 said:
fish arent like you said, and some birds are covered though, like the big birds like cockatoos, macaws, amazons, african greys etc. that are.
budgies, cockatiels, finches (small birds) are not. big birds can hurt people bad, and sometimes people hurt them back. the ASPCA decided to cover the big boys of the bird world
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but why not the little ones? just because budgies and cockateils are "cheap" shouldn't make them immune to cruelty laws. 80% of all budgies die before their first year is reached due to neglect. if they made laws, this unfortunate number may diminish.
 
neoprodigy said:
ok got off the phone...

they do re-package the "betta packets" into bigger fish bags..

the death rate in the betta packets is very low.... from what i remember i only see 1 dead packet... you can tell by the brownish water...
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Unfortunantly this is true. Bettas can "survive" in a small enclosed space with just enough water to keep them wet for up to 3 weeks usually. Shipping in small enclosed spaces has advantages, as the smaller amount of water prevents the betta from being tossed around too much and it costs less to ship low water weight. But when breeders do it they do so with the intention that they be in them for at most 2-3 days.

I wouldn't be surprised if most of the deaths that occured in those little packets were from fish getting pinched into the squared corners and sufficating.

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I still feel for them hey.

I don't know if Australia has an International Betta Congress chapter but it would be cool if we did. I don't get to see many nice Betta's here. Only online really.

They should hold a competition on this site for the best Betta's. And the visitors could judge it. That would be cool. People all over the world could compete against each other. But to stop cheaters, I guess you would have to supply about 10 pics of each fish. Hopefully photography skills would not come into the comp too much. An idea or what?
 
fishcatch22 said:
but why not the little ones? just because budgies and cockateils are "cheap" shouldn't make them immune to cruelty laws. 80% of all budgies die before their first year is reached due to neglect. if they made laws, this unfortunate number may diminish.
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it is because they dont really come into contact with humans. most budgies are cage birds IME, and cannot do as much harm to a person like a big bird can. they are also veiwed like fish (throw away pets) because they are so cheap, so if they die from cruelty, noone reports it because "budgies only live for a year," just like the myth that fish only live a week

big birds like macaws and cockatoos can bite you and cause the same wound as a medium sized dog. therefore, if they hurt a human, irresponsible people will beat the bird. go here- www.fosterparrots.org, and they have some birds that were siezed because they were beaten. birds SCREAM when they get hurt, and the big ones litteraly can out scream your ipod when its up all of the way, and so the neighbors can hear it. you may want to look into this more, but im pretty sure that the little ones arent covered.

for example, my friends cockatoo was attacked by a stray cat a few days ago. the cockatoo won. it killed the cat because it was able to bite the cat as hard as it could, and the bird came out with a puny sratch.
 
jm1212 said:
it is because they dont really come into contact with humans. most budgies are cage birds IME, and cannot do as much harm to a person like a big bird can. they are also veiwed like fish (throw away pets) because they are so cheap, so if they die from cruelty, noone reports it because "budgies only live for a year," just like the myth that fish only live a week

big birds like macaws and cockatoos can bite you and cause the same wound as a medium sized dog. therefore, if they hurt a human, irresponsible people will beat the bird. go here- www.fosterparrots.org, and they have some birds that were siezed because they were beaten. birds SCREAM when they get hurt, and the big ones litteraly can out scream your ipod when its up all of the way, and so the neighbors can hear it. you may want to look into this more, but im pretty sure that the little ones arent covered.

for example, my friends cockatoo was attacked by a stray cat a few days ago. the cockatoo won. it killed the cat because it was able to bite the cat as hard as it could, and the bird came out with a puny sratch.
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SIGH... I just love my budgie so much... I can't imagine anyone treating such intelligent, interactive pets like budgies as throw away cage birds. yeah, I know. some of the big birds are really strong, but great pets to have IME.
 
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