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April 13th, 2008
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Originally Posted by sirdarksol
Meds are a whole other problem. There are cities that are finding recognizable amounts of antibiotics (low concentrations, so enough to build disease resistance, but not enough to actually affect disease), estrogen, and psychoactive meds in tap water.
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Thank you for that info, sirdarksol, I think I heard on the news recently about cities in Colorado having that problem with their tap water. Scary thought.
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April 13th, 2008
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I think the current suggested method is to put the meds in a baggy, get them wet, seal the baggy, and discard them in the trash. Of course, this is putting them in a landfill. Hopefully hazardous materials collection agencies will start dealing with them.
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April 13th, 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sirdarksol
I think the current suggested method is to put the meds in a baggy, get them wet, seal the baggy, and discard them in the trash.
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You're right..I recently spoke to my pharmacist about discarding meds and thats what he advised.....he also said put old coffee grounds in the bag. |
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April 13th, 2008
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we always flushed our fish until one of them got to big to flush so i barried it in the front yard. my cat didn't dig it up thank god (wasn't thinking of that when we did it).
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April 18th, 2008
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i bury mine in my house plant a couple inches down and my cat never recognizes they are there. might be time for you to buy a house plant :P
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April 18th, 2008
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We liked to bury our lost Bettas (and other special fish) under flowering trees when we were in Florida. Since we won't be having a yard anytime soon here, I like that idea; just hope we won't have to use it for a while.
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Originally Posted by chickadee
We once had a member who went out and purchase a large clay pot and buried her loved bettas in it and bought some decorative small stones at the gardening store to use as small gravestones on the dirt. She did not plant plants in it but I see no reason why there could not be a plant in the pot with them if it would seem appropriate to the one doing the memorial pot. I thought it was a wonderful idea.
There is one caution about flushing a fish who has died of some disease process. This releases the disease process into the rivers and streams among the wild fish and is not fair to do to them. If you even think that the fish is dead due to disease, it should not be flushed.
Rose
I believe the stones just said "Love" and "Peace" and other sentiments of that nature on them and they were the size of the fish in question. It was very touching.
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April 20th, 2008
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I mentioned this post to my husband.
We both agreed we couldn't just flush Prissy Fish (my betta) when she passes (which I hope isn't anytime soon) that we will bury her.
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April 22nd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Ba-Woosh!!!
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April 23rd, 2008
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I buried all of mine, I was lucky that nobody died when the ground was frozen during this past winter. However...I had a fish die when I was out of town. My boyfriend thinks it's silly that I bury them, so I know he didn't bury her. I asked him what he did with her, and he told me to not worry about it and that he took care of her. I have a feeling she ended up in the garbage. I felt bad, but I wasn't there, and I think the ground was frozen at the time anyway, so I guess I unfortunately would have ended up doing the same thing.
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April 23rd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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My mums garden is my pet graveyard. I bury all my pets including fish. My dog and cats do dig them up however so I put like six bricks over the grave and around it cause I have found that they have a rather hard time digging through bricks or large stones. Also, where the bricks meet are some convinient cracks for holding flowers (yes, I even do that). If you were worried about cats and you had a pot to bury them in you could put down a layer of large pebbles and that would probably keep you buried fishy safe.
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