Do your other pets get jealous of your aquariums?

[Squeaker]

My cat Squeaky gets extremely jealous anytime I look at any of my tanks. He launches himself off the floor to my shoulders to get my attention. I've also caught him on top of my tanks drinking the water as it comes out of the HoB filter, is that even ok for him. All I use is Prime for water changes and add a little bit of salt to my freshwater tank.

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[syrfishy]

I wouldn't say the cats get jealous, they really like to swipe their paws at the glass though especially since the Kuhlis were added.

Plus I'm constantly cleaning nose prints off the whole thing.

 

[Angela1108]

Mine aren't jealous but they love them!

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We had to put one of our cats down back in December. When we had initially brought him in November when he first looked sick I mentioned to the vet that he occasionally drank out of the tank and if that could have been part of the issue. He assured us it was fine and wasn't the issue. After X-rays they discovered it was cancer and was totally not related at all to him drinking from the tank.


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[toddnbecka]

Other pets, no, but I once had a very jealous girlfriend.

 

[shellyx]

My other pet's don't get jealous, my whippet love's staring into my tank's.

55 gallon elephant nose tank.
30 gallon vampire shrimp, green lace shrimp and snails.

 

[ImACoolguy]

Needless to say she likes to drink the water. She also chases my dojo across the 75g


Caleb

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[shellyx]

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Needless to say she likes to drink the water. She also chases my dojo across the 75g


Caleb

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Ahh cute!
Year's ago I had a cat, one day I went out and she ate my fish! I was so upset as I had just got them back to full health . Now all my tank's have lids

55 gallon elephant nose tank.
30 gallon vampire shrimp, green lace shrimp and snails.

 

[TheresaM]

I think my dogs get jealous of the amount of time I spend on the aquariums. They also get freaked when the sparking gouramis make their croaking noise, which has become a regular thing lately for some reason.

 

[Brookster123]

"What tank?? Only me!"

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[Stacey W.]

Mckenzie could care less. She's too busy sleeping.

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[absolutangel04]

I have one cat who gets jealous anytime my attention is on anything but him. Work, crafts, the other cat, aquariums, whatever. He is pretty indiscriminate in his jealousy.


As for drinking the water, I can't really see hwo it would be bad for them. Though, I am not an expert on such matters. Sure, the water has some fish poop in it, but it also has been treated to remove heavy metals and chlorine, so I can't see why it would be bad. My other cat compulsively drank out of my small betta tanks in while we were in college and I never witnessed any ill effects. The bottles say that the stuff that the water conditioner is not to be used on fish that will be consumed, but I think that is more a matter of "it is for pet fish so why bother going through the rigorous testing required for it to be used on fish meant for human consumption" than anything else.

 

[TheresaM]

We have wood floors so after getting the 16g setup in the living room I bought a small rug to put in front of it. The dogs of course thought it was theirs so they get annoyed when I boot them off to work in the tank

 

[SpaceFish42]

I never let any of my pets into my bedroom, because once my dog are an entire can of goldfish flakes. He literally ripped it open! I also have an evil cat who got in once, and he sat down, stared at the fish, and licked his mouth. I could tell he was plotting how to catch them...

 

[SpaceFish42]

I never let any of my pets into my bedroom, because once my dog are an entire can of goldfish flakes. He literally ripped it open! I also have an evil cat who got in once, and he sat down, stared at the fish, and licked his mouth. I could tell he was plotting how to catch them...

 

[SpaceFish42]

Oops, I don't know why it sent that twice...

 

[TheresaM]

No mom, you do not need to do something in the tank again...

 

[ImACoolguy]

No mom, you do not need to do something in the tank again...

Such a cutie!


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[Stacey W.]

No mom, you do not need to do something in the tank again...

How is your dog not 100lbs? Just with that sad face and floppy ear I wouldn't be able to resist giving him/her way too many treats!

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[TheresaM]

Such a cutie!

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How is your dog not 100lbs? Just with that sad face and floppy ear I wouldn't be able to resist giving him/her way too many treats!

We call that 'shelter face' She is small though, my little itty pittie. She was from a hoarding/neglect/abuse situation so her growth was stunted. Was crazy afraid of plastic grocery bags for the longest time, don't even want to think about why Out of the 4 she's definitely mom's baby

 

[Stacey W.]

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We call that 'shelter face' She is small though, my little itty pittie. She was from a hoarding/neglect/abuse situation so her growth was stunted. Was crazy afraid of plastic grocery bags for the longest time, don't even want to think about why Out of the 4 she's definitely mom's baby

As a Veterinary Technician of 14 years I'm a true believer that everyone should adopt a shelter pet. My clinic works in co-ops with a no kill cat shelter. My baby Mckenzie had rough life too. But she loves life. As you can see she has a derpy ear. Gives her personality!

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